Thanks for this chart. I reminds me how little I understand the immune system. I will have to study this paper to at least understand the variables at play.
I suppose that different viruses have different modes of attack so why should our response be the same for all viruses, eh? That our physiology is ready for this is also amazing but must come from the fact that viruses were here long before our ancestors arrived on the scene. They and we have never not had to contend with viruses (and more: bacteria, fungus, etc).
I’ll be careful to not leap to conclusions about the immune system based on logic or what makes sense to me.
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One good thing to keep in mind is that this chart is not the reality. It’s just some people who have tried to create a map of the reality with the data that they have gathered and most likely this map is not perfect and that errors exist in it. But it’s better than nothing.
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