A strong immune response is inherently good, right? Surely we want our immune cells to aggressively stop a potentially devastating infection in its tracks, right? While the simple answer here is 'yes', the reality of our immune system is far more strange in its impact...a fact that makes research on immune responses so complex and intriguing. All living beings aim to thrive in a delicate balance of millions of multifaceted connections that keep us healthy. Imbalance - whether "not enough" or "too much" - can have devastating consequences on that ability to thrive. Join us for Vice President Sewell's conversation with Dr. Jennifer Rudd about why our unique immune responses may be the deciding factor of COVID-19 outcomes, and what researchers at OSU are doing to figure this out.