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#166 Immune systems: Is yours weak or strong and how can you boost your immune system to fight disease?

The world, the universe and us

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Do You Have a Really Strong Immune System?

There are several reasons why you might get sick from something that somebody else doesn't and it can be something anything from your genetics. About 1300 gene variants change are either increase or decrease our risk of getting severe COVID for instance. If you've got a kind of grade one really strong immune system you're actually much less likely to get ill from certain diseases, according to new research.

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