Does trying to live healthy make sense considering an imminent bird flu outbreak?

[Peebothuhlu]

There’s nothing to explain - you’re simply wrong. A vegan diet does not protect against COVID or make you more susceptible to bird flu.

Boru

But how could a diet that boosts your immune system not do that?

Hello again.

It would seem you're... not quite right in your assertions.

I've already mentioned before that 'Being healthy' is better than 'Being un-healthy' when it comes to a range of things effecting one's well being.

That a certain diet has less of known effect (A) does not mean that said diet is preventing said effect (A).

I hope that's clear?

When it comes to contracting viruses, again, it's a very complicated thing.

You again seem to be mixing up terms with first making comments to whole populations. Then changing track and talking about individuals.

Yes, a healthy possibly vegan person should have a better chance of their body's systems resisting invading pathogens.

However, in life there are no guarantees.

If a health person 'Craps out' on the odds and receives a massive dose of fomites innitially then they've got bugger all chance of staving off the novel virus they've just encountered. They die despite the efforts of their body's defencive abilities.

Similarly if an unhealthy person only receives a small amount of the virus/fomites then their 'Lesser' body's defences might easily combat the incursion and the person might only be aware of a slight sniffle.

This is why current practices of mask wearing (Glove wearing, surface cleaning etc) is done to reduce ANY viral particles/fomites/etc from potentially being around for others to pick up/aquire.

Cheers.

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