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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by legitster on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:39AM (#33548007)
> In a typical year, “we might get exposed to a small bit of virus and your body fights it off”, says John Tregoning, an immunologist at Imperial College London. But “that kind of asymptomatic boosting maybe hasn't happened in the last few years”.

It seems like the problem is the opposite. No one has immunity to anything. So the longer you put it off the worst it will get.

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by sp332 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:48AM (#33548168)
That's on a population level. On a per-person level, there is no such thing as immunity debt, as the article says about halfway down. If the people around you are more likely to carry viruses, it's more important to protect yourself.
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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by peteradio on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:28AM (#33548906)
> there is no such thing as immunity debt

No? If I have lived in a bubble for 2 years and come out, what happens when I'm exposed to 20 new things?

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by sp332 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:38PM (#33555877)
If you were in a bubble for 2 years, you'd skip a couple of flu seasons. When you get out, you're not going to get 2-3 flus.
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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by sn0w_crash on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:57AM (#33548310)
Populations consist of… people.
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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by sp332 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:02AM (#33548395)
There's a difference between lots of people getting a disease vs individuals being more susceptible.
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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by taolegal on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:12AM (#33548592)
> there is no such thing as immunity debt

this makes absolutely no sense at any level

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by legitster on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:56AM (#33549435)
Okay, sure. But even if getting a cold is just a bandaid that you rip off once, wouldn't you rather rip it off ahead of the big cold season every year?
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