TheWorx

You see, she has never been a germaphobe and that means her immune system is tip top. When you're not a germaphobe, you subject yourself to all manner of germs that immunize you against similar organisms. My German mother-in-law cleans her home meticulously but she has no compunction with sticking her hands into the sewer and unclogging it by hand. "But Midge, I have a snake for that. Ah, what's the big deal, she says to me." Never argue with your mother-in-law. When your mother tells you to wash your hands before supper, is she doing you a disfavor? I think so. In countries with many parasites or in our present pandemic, you want to wash them off your hands but, if not, you want lots and lots of germs to keep your immune system on guard. This brings me to the factoid that Women are less likely to get or die from Covid. Duh, obviously, who subject themselves to more germs as a parent? The one who plays in the parlor with the kids or the one who cleans their diaper...

"The immune system doesn’t function as efficiently in older adults as it does in younger people. The body's fever response to infection is not always automatic in elderly people. More than 20 percent of adults over age 65 who have serious bacterial infections do not have fevers." From  Fevers in Adults  article. While the classically trained MD just shoves breathing tubes down patient's throats, they may do better by raising body temperature in cases where the fever response to Covid-19 is not as high as it should be. There are many drugs that increase temperature; interestingly enough, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin are listed as two of them.  See the list here Possible support for this theory may come from an analysis of elderly deaths in the tropics. Here, being that the ambient temperature is already high, the elderly may have less work to do to get their temperatures into fever range. I started researching this angle when--in daily temperature readings...