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[–] memfree@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Research suggests that how a body reacts to a vaccine is altered by the type of microbiome a person has. Studies on the Covid-19 vaccine, for example, suggest it affected the snot's microbiome, and in turn, the microbiome affected how efficient the vaccine was.

I hope those researchers get paid extra.

The researchers asked 22 adults to shoot themselves up the nose with a syringe full of snot from healthy friends and partners each day for five days. They discovered that symptoms like cough and facial pain, for instance, dropped by almost 40% for up to three months in at least 16 of the patients.

There's no way those 22 could have been paid enough.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 5 points 16 hours ago

Have you heard of fecal transplants? Same idea, different orifice

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It's probably why people kiss, to share microbiome (and to expose the mother to everything so she has the chance to develop immunity for herself and the baby). You could also argue that a mother that kisses everyone could potentially make healthier babies :D

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

I mean, if it reduces your covid symptoms…