“What’s An Immune System?”, Asks The Expert?
It only took four years after covid for the scientists to finally realize that children do, in fact, have immune systems. And that those immune systems, when allowed to work properly, may actually help protect against disease:
From this article:
Study links common infections to enhanced COVID-19 defense in children
Analyzing nasal swabs taken during the pandemic, researchers at Yale School of Medicine suggest that the frequent presence of other viruses and bacteria may have helped to protect children from the worst effects of COVID-19 by boosting their immune systems. Their results will be published July 1 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM).
Children are generally more susceptible than adults to respiratory infections such as the common cold, and yet, for unknown reasons, the SARS-CoV-2 virus tends to cause less severe symptoms in children than in adults, resulting in lower rates of hospitalization and death during the COVID-19 pandemic. The innate immune system provides the first line of defense against viruses and bacteria, quickly producing a variety of anti-viral and proinflammatory proteins to fend off infection while the body develops other, more targeted, immune responses such as antibodies. Studies have shown that, compared with adults, the innate immune system is more active in the nasal passages of children and might therefore be better at blocking the early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection. But the reason for this increased activity is unknown.
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We are still waiting to see if the scientists will ever discover the fact that adults—not just kids—also have immune systems.
But I’m not holding my breath. It will probably take them another four years to figure that one out.
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