• stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 hours ago

    The bigger issue is that she doesn’t seem to give her kids any medicine either, just “vitamins and soup”. That means the poor kids will be sick for longer and probably more likely to get sick again since they never properly recovered.

    • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.de
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      To be fair, aren’t vitamins and soup pretty much the best thing we have for viral infections like the flu and covid? I mean, obviously vaccinating is better, but when you’re already sick, you pretty much just need to rest, stay hydrated, get some nutrients and let your immune system deal with it, right?

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      3 hours ago

      I dont agree w her not vaccinating but to a degree its the other way around. Medication introduces a new selection pressure on pathogens thus causing them to become more resistant. As the other person said, rest, hydration and nutrients r all thats needed in most cases, and overactive measures are bad. its good to be cautious but not overly so to the point u take antibiotics for every single infection (unless ur doctors told u to).