re how about a crash program in basic immunological research in article ky b uucp km ky b pgh pa us ken mitchum writes as a physician i almost never get sick usually when something horrendous is going around i either don t get it at all or get a very mild case when i do get really sick it is always something unusual this was not the situation when i was in medical school particularly on pediatrics pediatrics for me was three solid months of illness and i had a temp of when i took the final exam i think what happens is that during training and beyond we are constantly exposed to new things and we have the usual reactions to them so that later on when challenged with something it is more likely a re exposure for us so we deal with it well and get a mild illness this is also commonly seen in new teachers the first few years they re sick a lot but gradually seem to build up immunities to almost everything common come to think of it i was about my healthiest when i was working in a pathogens lab exposed to who knows what all the time pre osha of course kay klier biology dept uni
