"We’re catching up on those bugs we missed out on, the myth goes. Our immune system is in debt. Getting sick is the path back into the black. That hacking cough is simply your route back to baseline health.

It also neatly supports a business-as-usual agenda. Don’t worry, keep spending. It’s the perfect explanation to keep the capitalist train on the tracks.

It doesn’t stand up to any logical reasoning. But people are buying it."

https://donotpanic.substack.com/p/this-is-how-your-immune-system-works