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COVID-19 Pandemic

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[–] maniii@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Almost all illnesses are worth avoiding. Take for example, malaria. Dengue has 4-variants which can kill if you've already got any one of others the first time. COVID still hasnt been fully researched yet.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Absolutely.

Back in the early 2000s there were "crunchy" moms on Livejournal who were mailing each other "pox boxes", which was a juice box a kid with chicken pox had licked I guess? It was absolutely insane and did not work.

[–] sverit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

In particular virulent infections. See Epstein-Barr for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein%E2%80%93Barr_virus