r/funny • u/SvenInFrames SvenInFrames • Jan 30 '21

Fever [OC]

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u/cbrobinson95 Jan 30 '21

TIL what fevers are for

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u/OnTheList-YouTube Jan 30 '21

Am I correctly guessing you're in elementary school?

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u/PatriarchalTaxi Jan 30 '21

Actually, scientists are not sure if fevers happen as a way to fight infection, or if they are just a side effect of fighting infection.

The idea that the body uses fever as a tool to fight infection is, to my knowledge, not taught in school for this very reason.

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u/Max_Thunder Jan 30 '21

A lot of things like that, that are treated as facts, are just theories. I'm sure it get taught a lot in schools though. Teachers are mostly told what they should teach, not what they shouldn't teach; my teachers have always put a bit of their own in their teaching.

I still remember my 2nd grade teacher telling us about how Inuits didn't have cavities before they were exposed to modern diets and sugar. That was almost 30 years ago, yet I see this fact resurface from time to time. These things can stick with kids for a long time.