Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?

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"Feed a cold, starve a fever." Rest, hydrate, and eat if you can.

We also learned that a mild fever is productive in fighting the virus and that you should let it get to a certain point before dealing with it.

This is why I try to endure the fever side effects of vaccines as much as I can without taking a tylenol, so my immune system gets some proper “training” to recognize and fight the real thing.