Comment by parineum

1 day ago

He said that.

Fever isn't just a symptom. It's a defense mechanism. The idea is that use of antipyretic drugs may make the infection worse.

  • The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies"

    • Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong.

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