Re:Georgia Tech professors revolt over reopening, say curren...
by shadowprofile77 on Monday July 06, 2020 @10:05AM
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Yes, apologies, adaptive immunity is what I was referring to, slipped up on the terms there,
Yeah, I keep flipping between feeling exasperated by the situation, and then remembering the perspective you've detailed here.
Side note, I think you mean adaptive immunity, this is the part of the immune system creates immunological memory. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_immune_system
Innate immunity is the non-specific part of the immune system and includes aspects such as removal of foreign substances, physical and chemical barriers (eg, skin, clotting factors in blood) and other anatomical barriers like the blood-brain barrier. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innate_immune_system#Anatomica...