Hygiene Hypothesis Immunity
Comments focus on the hygiene hypothesis and how lack of pathogen exposure from hygiene, isolation, or modern living may weaken immune systems and increase risks of autoimmune diseases or poor responses to infections.
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You mean in terms of immune system not having been exposed to enough pathogens?
Could it be because the immune system is busy with something else than fighting harmless agents ?
Sort of like exposure to pathogens / parasites can curb autoimmune diseases?
This ia a bit like making sure you don't get sick until your 20s and not letting your immune system develop robust responses to disease agents.
Frankly my point was more about the immune system.
You can't spread a disease if your immune system kills it on contact.
What breaks their immune systems?
Isn't that what my immune system is for?
This sounds like it would be very stressful on the immune system.
PSA: healthy immune system humans are vastly over counted.