Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?
spittingimage@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Those symptoms you’ve described? It’s your immune system doing that to you. On purpose, not a mistake. Nose is stuffed because you’re producing extra mucous to flush infection out of your airways. Dry throat because the tissues are inflamed to directly kill viruses using the body’s transport system. Yeah, it’s bad for you - but it’s worse for the little invaders.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Yes, I know it’s the natural defences popping off but I’m saying I’m having a hard time keeping this plane in the sky when my copilot keeps slapping me with a hot seafood entrée. Y’know??
Hugin@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It’s rough but the other option is death. The cold would kill you if your immune system wasn’t doing this to you.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It’s a good argument against the intelligent design theory, isn’t it?
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I was originally going to include “what part of this is intelligent design?!?!” But I didn’t want it to devolve into a religious debate. But seriously, how intelligent is our design when our defense mechanism makes recovery even more difficult to achieve?
Like some asshole is out there designing a vehicle that runs on solar but you’re also only allowed to drive it when the sun is down.