Why is the immune system so fast to respond to allergens, but take days to fight off a legitimate infection?

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Why is the immune system so fast to respond to allergens, but take days to fight off a legitimate infection?

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Kurzgesagt is an unbelievably cool YouTube channel that has a couple short, beautifully animated videos on the immune system. Watched them recently and they really helped me grasp the scale of what happens during a full-on immune response. Can’t recommend the videos, or channel, highly enough!

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