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Re:Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B by TwoCent on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @11:10AM (#33882327)
It seems plausible that the immune system requires stressors to function well, and the absence of stressors may reduce immune system "strength". Selye's general adaptation syndrome seems applicable here as a first approximation. Muscles atrophy from disuse. Why not also immune systems?
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Re:Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B by mprovost on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @11:20AM (#33882514)
"Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die"

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/covid-19-...

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Re:Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B by trap_goes_hot on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:20PM (#33885562)
The immune system is never dormant. It is constantly engaged. We don't live in a sterile environment, don't eat perfect sterile food, don't breathe perfect air, etc. There are multiple aspects to our immune system, and a lot of them are being stressed daily.
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