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Originally Posted by Ashartus
It's not a case of "because we masked and isolated our immune systems forgot how to fight illness." As you pointed out part could be that there are different strains around that we haven't encountered yet and so our immune systems don't fight them as effectively (a good reason to get your flu shot this year). But I've also seen a few papers indicating there is some evidence getting Covid may have effects on immune response for a period of time after.
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I've read some of those too, and that makes a good degree of sense as well.
Unfortunately, it appears to be almost random in that it affects each different person differently and for an unknown period of time.
So now people, kids especially it seems, are getting 'run-of-the-mill ill' but because they've had COVID sometime in the relatively recent past something that would be normally rather benign is now kicking their ass.
What a time to be alive. Thanks a ton COVID....ya bastard. Just the gift that keeps on giving.