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He's going to pick up every plague and pestilence ever from that hive of disease. He'll bring them home and probably make you sick, also. It's not going to seem like it at the time, but this is also likely a good thing.
Oh he's 10 steps ahead of you there. We're all crook thanks to him. Do you reckon our immune systems get better as a result too?
With the caveat that I am not a qualified medical professional by any stretch of the imagination: I believe that the earlier that we are introduced to the assorted regular viruses and colds etc, the better our immune systems will be taught to fight them off, yes.
I assume this is a given if your kid is in daycare, but the above is a compliment to a proper vaccination programme, not an alternative to it.
Of course. I sort of hated when the MCH nurse asked us about vaccines as if we were gonna argue with her or say no, but I guess they get that a lot.
@TinyBreak @Nath I had my daughter in daycare at 3 months (1 day a week) and she caught EVERYTHING in the first year. I got about half the things, a milder version, but with the 3 gastros I was SO grateful for my standing Zofran script as it would have been awful without.
This year so far (she's now almost 2), 3 relatively mild colds (touch wood), I know there will be more things but I vaguely hope the experience of covid has made a tiny dent in behaviour so there is a bit less spread.
The policies at childcare have definitely not swung back to precovid norms, so they are stricter now than before regarding temperature, diarrhoea etc and exclusions generally. So I think maybe that is helping a little? The immune system still gets a workout, but I've been expecting to be much sicker this year than so far has turned out.