Medical history contains multiple examples of necessary biological components being reframed as pathological targets. Cholesterol, LDL particles, platelets, and inflammatory responses have each undergone similar narrative simplification.

In each case, complex regulatory systems were reduced to isolated mechanisms. Interventions followed. Secondary effects emerged later.

Reductionism offers clarity and control, but living systems rarely conform to isolated solutions. Biology is relational, adaptive, and context-dependent.

Ignoring this complexity does not remove it. It merely postpones its consequences.