20 September

“Aren’t you scared you’re going to get REALLY sick when you stop wearing a mask?” I hear that all the time. People genuinely believe that getting infected with diseases is keeping them healthier. Just think about that, the idea that being sick lots, makes you less sick. Repeat that, so the craziness of it sinks in. Getting sick lots, so that you don’t get sick lots. Politicians deliberately mixed up two completely separate things. The ‘hygiene’ hypothesis, which says it’s good for kids to play in the dirt, because it builds their immune systems. That’s mostly true. But that has NEVER meant getting lots of diseases strengthens your immune system. The germs kids get from dirt aren’t infectious diseases. After lockdowns there was (and still is) a surge of a whole range of infectious diseases. The political ‘ooops’ explanation was lockdowns stopped us all getting infected, so now our immune systems were flabby. (Seriously, people still believe this.) Like we all get flu, RSV, pertussis, measles etc. every 2-3 months, and those 2-3 months of isolation meant we missed our healthy top-up. Fuck we’re dumb. Now kids who weren’t even born during lockdowns are still getting sicker than ever. The only way to reliably not get sick from infections, is to not get infected in the first place. Amazing that even needs to be said. Covid’s danger is that it weakens your immune system with each infection, making you not only more likely to catch Covid again, but also every other disease going around. Why so many are now so sick, all the time.