ELi5 if viruses cant survive in high temperatures, why do we try to lower our temperature when we have a fever?
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War is a dirty business. Sometimes you fight off an invader and everything goes fine.
Otherdoms the fighting to defend the country actually ends up destroying exactly what you are trying to protect.
Your body is the same. It will fight off invaders with such an intensity that it can actually kill you. Fevers kill invaders, but if left to run wild they will also kill you. Your body is making the calculation that the invaders will die before you will, but that’s not always the case.
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