Thanks for this article! As someone with an autoimmune disease, I plead with "healthy" people out there to do the right thing: wear a mask, for yourself and for others. Get a vaccine, for others and for yourself. More evidence is showing that viral load (from all causes: common culprits are hepatitis, herpes, and Epstein-Barr) is related to coming down with an autoimmune disease. Want to get sick in the "prime" of your life? You really don't. You don't want symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, moodiness, inflammation, etc. You don't want to eat a special diet, work less, retire early, try desperately to regain your lost health, plus all the emotional baggage that goes along with never feeling quite right.