Flu and colds are back with a vengeance

Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by logicalmonster on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:42AM (#33548069)

Typo notwithstanding, this is literally in the article's headline.

> COVID-19 restrictions mean we are more susceptible these viruses.

So how does continuing the thing that arguably made colds/flus impact worse make sense?

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by sp332 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:52AM (#33548226)

Article headlines don't always line up with the contents.

> Some people have taken it to mean that a lack of exposure to pathogens such as RSV and influenza has irrevocably damaged the immune system, an idea that Matthew Miller, an immunologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, calls “nonsense”.

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by dbsights on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:09AM (#33548524)

The nonsense is that it's 'irrevocable', not that the lack of exposure leads to a debt. It's consistent with the headline.

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by andsoitis on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:53AM (#33548252)

Very few restrictions left: https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/i...

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Re:Flu and colds are back with a vengeance by xeromal on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:26AM (#33548861)

They're responding to OP's advice which advises for more self-restrictions.

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