> What’s most alarming is that autoimmune diseases are increasing rapidly. Around the world, diagnoses are rising by an estimated 3% to 12% each year.
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> In the United States, research has shown that one key biomarker of autoimmunity—antinuclear antibodies (ANA)—increased by nearly 50% in less than three decades. Among teenagers, the increase was even more staggering: a nearly 300% rise in ANA prevalence from 1988 to 2012.
source: https://triagehealth.org/the-autoimmune-epidemic
What the fuck is going on? This whole "autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system, which normally protects the body from harmful viruses, bacteria, toxins, and more, mistakenly attacks its own tissues" sounds ridiculous.