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In the modern era?
by Pfhreak 7y ago
In the modern era?
- thaumasiotes 7y agoYes, the diseases are still there. They always will be. We don't have such a big problem with them as we used to, because of responses like single-use packaging. Moving back to reusable food containers is the same basic impulse that tells people they should stop getting vaccines because, after all, nobody catches measles in the modern day.
- jbay808 7y agoBut now we have autoclaves =)
- GuiA 7y agoI agree with your premise, but your conclusion overlooks the fact that we are much better at sterilizing things and understanding how diseases work now than we were a century ago.
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- thaumasiotes 7y agoIf that were true, there would probably be less of "why packaging is considered single use is beyond me" going around. Anyone who understands how diseases work will understand why you wouldn't want all your food to come in contact with the same single physical object. California tried to outlaw grocery bags provided by the store, instead encouraging you to bring your own bags from home. The morality having been established, it's now very important to my mother to live up to the environmental ideal and bring her own bags. She's been doing it for years. Those bags have never been washed. Also, she's a doctor.
- germinalphrase 7y agoHas disease spread wildly within your family?
- jacobolus 7y agoI haven’t ever heard of someone getting sick from a canvas tote bag. Do you have any evidence this happens?
- ddingus 7y agoBut, we are largely unchanged in basic human behavior. Just because we can sterilize things consistently and reliably, doesn't mean it will get done, particularly when doing that costs more.