[vwat]

So a single person decides they don’t like my comment and now it’s faded out where nobody will bother reading it. I think it’s important so I am asking for the upvotes to not dip below zero because I would like as many people to read it as possible whether they upvote or not... it was a similar comment that literally saved my life.

[robocat]

> So a single person decides they don’t like my comment

Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Note that many people read downvoted comments, and upvote them to counteract “unfair” downvotes. If you regularly get downvoted by more than -1, I would read it as a strong signal that you need to be more critical in how you present your thoughts.

I think that your comment deserves the downvotes (despite how factual it may be), because you are bringing in contentious subjects without sufficient nuance, and without tying them into the topic very well.

Don’t give up!

[lymeeducator]

There is a lot of data that we could study from everyone given the unique expressions of our immune systems. And with many variables that exist, we measure a miniscule few and therefore cannot often get a good picture of chronic health issues. As to your comment downvote, it may rise again. Sometimes trolls and/or people who don't like new ideas will readily dismiss things (here and elsewhere).

[y-c-o-m-b]

I think you knew what you were getting into when you brought up the autism issue. It's an extremely controversial topic. FWIW even with the down-votes, I read your comment.