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[-] gabe@literature.cafe 80 points 1 year ago

Your eyes have “immune privilege” meaning your immune system effectively does not know they exist as it would attack them and make you go blind if it did.

[-] Sunstream@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Additional unfun fact, in case the implication goes by anyone; some few folks have discovered exactly how much it sucks when your immune system discovers your eyes and have, indeed, gone blind because of it :(

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