Great comment -- and good for you! I used to cram onto the NYC subway and ride from Brooklyn to midtown -- about 40 minutes on a good day? Winter time all bundled up to wait on an elevated platform. Train arrives already jammed, heater blowing. Shove on and ride up close and personal with coughing, sneezing, nose blowing, sniffley masses.
Great comment -- and good for you! I used to cram onto the NYC subway and ride from Brooklyn to midtown -- about 40 minutes on a good day? Winter time all bundled up to wait on an elevated platform. Train arrives already jammed, heater blowing. Shove on and ride up close and personal with coughing, sneezing, nose blowing, sniffley masses.
Later, did the same in Boston on its subway -- and I can tell you honestly -- I cannot remember the last cold I had, much less the flu. Last major respiratory "thing" I had was a case of bronchitis. 1990? Working two jobs, father had heart attack. Stress of that, visiting him in the hospital, taking care of his new kitten...Once he got home and was OK, I went down for the count. :)
Yeah...this whole "viruses" make you sick baloney? I think it's just that.
Its usually a great amount of toxic stress as Shethinksliberty's comment shows, that weakens your immune system to the point your body does a detox. Getting sick/detoxing is our bodies way of teaching us we need to rest and reset. We are more bacteria than cells and when our biomes are out of balance we get sick from an increase in bad bacteria and their endotoxins. The body is always seeking homeostasis IMHO. This is how I look at things right or wrong.
Great comment -- and good for you! I used to cram onto the NYC subway and ride from Brooklyn to midtown -- about 40 minutes on a good day? Winter time all bundled up to wait on an elevated platform. Train arrives already jammed, heater blowing. Shove on and ride up close and personal with coughing, sneezing, nose blowing, sniffley masses.
Later, did the same in Boston on its subway -- and I can tell you honestly -- I cannot remember the last cold I had, much less the flu. Last major respiratory "thing" I had was a case of bronchitis. 1990? Working two jobs, father had heart attack. Stress of that, visiting him in the hospital, taking care of his new kitten...Once he got home and was OK, I went down for the count. :)
Yeah...this whole "viruses" make you sick baloney? I think it's just that.
Its usually a great amount of toxic stress as Shethinksliberty's comment shows, that weakens your immune system to the point your body does a detox. Getting sick/detoxing is our bodies way of teaching us we need to rest and reset. We are more bacteria than cells and when our biomes are out of balance we get sick from an increase in bad bacteria and their endotoxins. The body is always seeking homeostasis IMHO. This is how I look at things right or wrong.