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		0xDEAFBEAD 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One universal antiviral to rule them all? I would be worried about: * An increase in autoimmune diseases (related to the hygiene hypothesis). * Decreased resistance to future viral pandemics, since the body wouldn't have practice since childhood in fighting viral disease.

anonymars 8 months ago [–]

On the other hand viral infections themselves can instigate autoimmunity. After all, your body now has to fight your own cells (in contrast to other foreign infection)

0xDEAFBEAD 8 months ago | [–]

Yep, hard to know for sure which way it would go.

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