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This is great for our time, but I worry about the long term effects on the immune system of us living in what are going to be Hyper sterilized environments ever
by atonse 6y ago
This is great for our time, but I worry about the long term effects on the immune system of us living in what are going to be Hyper sterilized environments everywhere we go. (And breathing ultra clean air too)
- matz1 6y agoYou can balance it out by not being so sterilized in your own home, that something you can control.
- garraeth 6y agoNot really since you won't be able to effectively replicate the diversity of a natural environment - an environment like what you'd need to eventually build defenses against.
- ceejayoz 6y agoWhy is a food bank warehouse a "natural environment", but a house is not?
- ehnto 6y agoYou can sterilize a mall at 9am, but it won't be clean for long. There will still be plenty of germs about.
- imglorp 6y agoSome of the modern wisdom rings true again. Go outside and get some sunlight and exercise. Dig in the garden. Keep pets and hug them. All have benefits for subtle reasons.
- briefcomment 6y agoIf this disinfects similar to how sunlight would, maybe it's not so bad
- ceejayoz 6y agoOur homes, cars, backyards, etc. aren't likely to be sterilized in this fashion. Plenty of immune challenges to keep our systems busy.
- scotty79 6y agoThe only side effect of living cleaner so far (although this is still disputable) is not having parasites anymore and not having immunity suppressing effect they have on your system. This still is net benefit though since parasitic diseases take a toll on the body.
- forgotmyp77 6y agoproblem is immune system has been tuned to develop with parasites and malfunctions without them.
- mc32 6y agoHence auto-immune diseases.