First we raised emotionally and/or intellectually fragile children & now we are raising immunologically fragile children - seems our progeny are doomed (which I don’t doubt they are from our unsustainable federal bureaucracy - which differs vastly from the reasons for which they believe they are doomed).
Growing up in the 80’s was great! Even though we were generally rather poor when I was little my parents risked everything on a business and through their hard work & perseverance they made it prosper. I am painfully aware of their sacrifices and have personally benefited greatly from their success. I do not take that for granted. Now we do not generally struggle, but I worry about my daughter’s ability to struggle - it’s so difficult to get her to do “hard things.” But, thankfully I don’t worry about her immune system as we spend lots of time outside digging in dirt.
Thanks for sharing your story Clarisse. We do live in a generally sterilized environment that doesn't allow nor want kids to struggle in any meaningful way. If they don't know what hurdles they must overcome, how do they become stronger individuals and and gain a better understanding of themselves? These days nearly everything is almost solved through immediate rewards or quick fixes.
I do hope that in the coming months these increased infections decline, but I'd also be on the lookout for increased rates of asthma and allergies.
The immunity debt is a good way to conceptualize the seeming overall uptick in disease burden.
While the lockdown and social isolation protocols of "Zero COVID" almost certainly play a role here, I see a growing probability that the COVID inoculations are also a contributing factor.
Well you've been covering quite a bit of the hepatitis and now gastroenteritis stuff so it only seemed fitting. For me, personally, I would like to see more information before I come to the conclusion about the vaccines. For one thing, if immune suppression is causing an uptick in cases it doesn't fit as an explanation as to why many of these people recover without the need for hospitalizations or ICU visits. There is a noticeable uptick in both, and that would require some parsing of the evidence to go through. Many of these children may also be too young to be vaccinated, in which case there would need to be another possible explanation.
I am open to seeing if more evidence comes out, but I believe for now I'm remaining somewhat hesitant before drawing such conclusions.
First we raised emotionally and/or intellectually fragile children & now we are raising immunologically fragile children - seems our progeny are doomed (which I don’t doubt they are from our unsustainable federal bureaucracy - which differs vastly from the reasons for which they believe they are doomed).
Growing up in the 80’s was great! Even though we were generally rather poor when I was little my parents risked everything on a business and through their hard work & perseverance they made it prosper. I am painfully aware of their sacrifices and have personally benefited greatly from their success. I do not take that for granted. Now we do not generally struggle, but I worry about my daughter’s ability to struggle - it’s so difficult to get her to do “hard things.” But, thankfully I don’t worry about her immune system as we spend lots of time outside digging in dirt.
Thanks for sharing your story Clarisse. We do live in a generally sterilized environment that doesn't allow nor want kids to struggle in any meaningful way. If they don't know what hurdles they must overcome, how do they become stronger individuals and and gain a better understanding of themselves? These days nearly everything is almost solved through immediate rewards or quick fixes.
I do hope that in the coming months these increased infections decline, but I'd also be on the lookout for increased rates of asthma and allergies.
The immunity debt is a good way to conceptualize the seeming overall uptick in disease burden.
While the lockdown and social isolation protocols of "Zero COVID" almost certainly play a role here, I see a growing probability that the COVID inoculations are also a contributing factor.
(And thanks for the mention!)
Well you've been covering quite a bit of the hepatitis and now gastroenteritis stuff so it only seemed fitting. For me, personally, I would like to see more information before I come to the conclusion about the vaccines. For one thing, if immune suppression is causing an uptick in cases it doesn't fit as an explanation as to why many of these people recover without the need for hospitalizations or ICU visits. There is a noticeable uptick in both, and that would require some parsing of the evidence to go through. Many of these children may also be too young to be vaccinated, in which case there would need to be another possible explanation.
I am open to seeing if more evidence comes out, but I believe for now I'm remaining somewhat hesitant before drawing such conclusions.