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[–] Cypher 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7812885/

Temperatures during a fever can go high enough to damage cells and interferes with normal functions, it also interferes with viral, bacterial and fungal replication and other mechanics.

Not all chemistry ‘works better’ at higher temperatures with many proteins only functioning well within very narrow temperature ranges.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not all chemistry ‘works better’ at higher temperatures

I was referring to Arrhenius’ equation. Of course that doesn’t apply anymore when you reach denaturation temperatures. Very high fevers are deadly.