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nomel 14 hours ago

Measles can cause immune amnesia [1], which I find fascinating, and maybe somewhat obvious: our immune system has limited/fragile "memory".

[1] https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia

manwe150 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Apparently there is no known limit, so we could vaccinate for everything, repeatedly, without risking forgetting. Unlike getting the illness or antibiotic use, where there is limits and fragility as a possible result