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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in my late 30s, and my kids, and our whole household, seem to be sick for about two weeks at a time, at least twice every winter. They’re otherwise very healthy, active kids, and we all get flu shots. It doesn’t seem unique to our family either; my coworkers’ kids and my friends’ kids all seem to be constantly sick as well.

I don’t remember being sick this often when I was a kid, and my parents didn’t seem to get sick much either, though maybe memory plays a role. My parents have also said we weren't sick like this, nor were they sick like this as kids. I grew up in Miami, so I wonder if we were less affected by seasonal illnesses there. I remember having strep throat and some kind of enterovirus, but I don’t remember getting the flu every single winter. Are flu and common colds actually worse now than when I was growing up, or does it just feel that way?[/quote]

everyone is more sick now after covid, it wrecked our immune systems

but no one wants to talk about this [/quote]

I don't think COVID is any worse on our immune systems than any other virus. However, it's another highly contagious virus, like the flu, that you can get multiple times a year. [/quote]

It’s well documented that COVID does weaken the immune system, making us more vulnerable to other viruses. A simple google search will yield many links, but here is one;

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-covid-can-trigger-changes-immune-system-may-underlie-persistent-symptoms[/quote]

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