That hypothesis predicts that immunosuppressed patients (that don’t die from infection) live longer.
I wouldn’t predict that particularly confidently. The prediction requires multiple unlikely-seeming assumptions:
Immunosuppression is not caused by something that is harmful in other ways
The body does not assume the immune system is functioning for various routine tasks
Infections cannot cause damage unless they observably kill you
Further, it should be noted that I said “another root cause”—as in, the immune effect wouldn’t be the only one.
I wouldn’t predict that particularly confidently. The prediction requires multiple unlikely-seeming assumptions:
Immunosuppression is not caused by something that is harmful in other ways
The body does not assume the immune system is functioning for various routine tasks
Infections cannot cause damage unless they observably kill you
Further, it should be noted that I said “another root cause”—as in, the immune effect wouldn’t be the only one.