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I came across this picture in my bacteriology notes and it made me think of my dad. No, he doesn't look like a grumpy, hairy, mobster with pustules. As kids, when we got sick and had a fever, dad would explain that our little soldiers were fighting the germs in our bodies. I always imagined the soldiers looked like little tin soldiers and the microbes looked something like these guys.
I wish my mental image of the immune system looked the same. It was way cooler 20 years ago. I hope that when Kyle & I are raising our children, we come up with creative [but true] ways to explain things to our kids. Dad was 100% correct. The soldiers were fighting the germies. But it was a way cooler explanation than "leukocytes destroying microbes".
I always thought there were actually tiny soldiers fighting with guns and whatnot. I always imagined them shooting at each other from across a river.
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