LUCAS H. GOLDING

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Stop and think for a second about how ridiculous allergies are. Some people’s bodies go so crazy over a bee sting that they die. The bee stings don’t kill them; their immune systems do. Even if bee stings were truly dangerous (which they’re not), suicide still seems like an overreaction. Because of hypersensitive allergies, some people’s immune systems are like ticking time bombs. The biggest health dangers they’ll ever face in life is right inside them.
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
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