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This right here. It's easy to talk about optimizing gut bacteria when people aren't dying in the streets of cholera. Not saying we haven't swung too far in the
by WarDores 7y ago
This right here. It's easy to talk about optimizing gut bacteria when people aren't dying in the streets of cholera. Not saying we haven't swung too far in the other direction, but we've solved some very big problems with water treatment and hand washing.
- cheerlessbog 7y agoThis is true but I assume that only a small minority of bacteria (and viruses?) have a negative effect on humans.
- WarDores 7y agoI can't refute the statistical point, but even if it is a small minority, the ones that do have a negative effect can be catastrophic. A vanishingly small percentage of wild animal bites transmit rabies, but we still treat the bites seriously with a vaccine because the consequences of being wrong are much worse than the consequences of a false positive.