QuilotoaFeb 26

TIL pediatricians are being used as a great source of antibodies.

https://lemmy.ca/post/61001209

TIL pediatricians are being used as a great source of antibodies. - Lemmy.ca

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Show threadNOT_RICK
I bet elementary teachers would be good too
Feb 26 at 1:33pmWeb
Show threadAlbbiFeb 26
They’d be alright, but preschool or daycare workers would be the gold mine.
Show threadWindex007Feb 26

I’d even be interested in a parent of a 5 year old who’s been at daycare for 4 years.

It’s my suspicion that a second, later-in-life battering of a person with respiratory illnesses is in some part responsible for the longer average lifespan of parents. I expect the effect would be more pronounced if somehow parenting didn’t come with all the anxiety and stress, which I expect is a negative pressure on average lifespan.

Show threadmoshankeyFeb 26
Retired Elementary school teacher here. You are correct. After the first two years and horrible flu symptoms I was invulnerable for the next twenty. Also agree on preschool teachers being almost immortal.
Show threadstarlingukFeb 26

Shame Covid doesn’t work like that. You just get it 5 times a year because it’s a different strain, you didn’t become immune last time or you lost immunity after a couple of months. Minus 2 IQ points (on average) every time.

And even the “normal” viruses like flu can cause problems for years.

Show threadmoshankeyFeb 26
I totally lucked out. I retired about two years before Covid hit. At my age and in that environment I would not have made it. Still dealing with the effects of having caught it all by myself. I just can’t afford to lose anymore IQ points. I’m struggling as it is.
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkFeb 26
And yet, despite education teachers everywhere refuse to mask.
Show threadwolframhydroxideFeb 26
At least one of us is still wearing a p100 respirator every day…
Show threadBigFigFeb 26
Any teacher. When I was training for 7-12 that was one of the first things they talked about was health and get ready to get sick all the time
Show threadQuilotoaFeb 26
Yeah, I taught elementary school for 22 years. Five sick days in all that time. I’m guessing my antibodies were going full bore the whole time.