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RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Not only that but measles can cause immune amnesia! Which is when "the immune system forgets how to fight off infections it successfully dealt with before—and [research] showed that this effect lasts for years!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I did not know that and thinking of that stuff like this is possible is fucking scary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

not only forgets, but the measles infects the dendritic cells which presents antigens to T-cells(i thought it was b-cells) which fights the viruses, so its actually immunosuppression.