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Why Viruses Are Crucial To Life On This Planet, The Link Between Air Pollution, Glyphosate & Pandemics, Loss Of Biodiversity (& What We Can Do About It) & More With Dr. Zach Bush.

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Ludicrous Belief That Viruses Are Bad for Us

We need to vaccinate everybody so we can get to herd immunity. That's not how it works. RNA viruses are classically very disruptive to human biology and the immune system itself because it causes hyper reactivity. We have a ludicrous belief that our immune system relies on antibodies to prevent these infections. And then we know this just isn't intrinsically not true, but science that dates back to the 1980s.

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