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Not in the way you understand. Bacterial infections can be deadly. This would stress out human biome defenses and change biomes in some cases increasing in ly

by wolco2 6y ago

Not in the way you understand. Bacterial infections can be deadly. This would stress out human biome defenses and change biomes in some cases increasing in lysogenic bacterial strains. It's not the same as eating dirt.

nickthemagicman 6y ago
I'm not going to approach your strawman about eating dirt. I'm just going to say this: There's microbes constantly in the air around you at all times that you're constantly inhaling, on every surface you touch, everywhere you go, every person you interact with. Billions or Trillions of different strains you encounter daily. Your skin is covered in microbes at all times. Your body has more microbes inside of it than it's own cells(google it). At any point you could have a reaction to one of these but you don't because of your immune system. Some people who have weak immune systems or are susceptible can have problems. BUT this is hugely statistically unlikely. So for the media to be drumming up fears of microbes in the air is disengenuous and for people to be falling for it is truly something and says alot about the state of modern scientific education.
- wolco2 6y ago
  There is a mix in the area that have helped create your biome. Now go into an area with decomposing bodies. The additional bacteria load will overwhelm most. It's a little more complex qnd the way you explain it is how I would introduce the topic to my child. You may have billions of bacteria but if you introduce billions of different types you may not have the bacteriophages to deal with those types and your body may produce these as a defense (or not if your immune system is weak) but what happens in many cases your body may kill off beneficial bacteria and that gets replaced with a similiar but non-beneficial bacteria and because the phages changed you can't get back. We see this with fluoroquinolone antibiotics[1] Davies EV, Winstanley C, Fothergill JL, James CE. The role of temperate bacteriophages in bacterial infection. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016;363(5):fnw015. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw015
  - nickthemagicman 6y ago
    The chance of any of what you're saying happening... is infinitesimally small. I'm sorry that it makes you scared and fearful. It upsets me that the media takes advantage of people's poor understanding of biology and statistics.

by wolco2 6y ago

nickthemagicman 6y ago

I'm not going to approach your strawman about eating dirt. I'm just going to say this: There's microbes constantly in the air around you at all times that you're constantly inhaling, on every surface you touch, everywhere you go, every person you interact with. Billions or Trillions of different strains you encounter daily. Your skin is covered in microbes at all times. Your body has more microbes inside of it than it's own cells(google it). At any point you could have a reaction to one of these but you don't because of your immune system. Some people who have weak immune systems or are susceptible can have problems. BUT this is hugely statistically unlikely. So for the media to be drumming up fears of microbes in the air is disengenuous and for people to be falling for it is truly something and says alot about the state of modern scientific education.

wolco2 6y ago
There is a mix in the area that have helped create your biome. Now go into an area with decomposing bodies. The additional bacteria load will overwhelm most. It's a little more complex qnd the way you explain it is how I would introduce the topic to my child. You may have billions of bacteria but if you introduce billions of different types you may not have the bacteriophages to deal with those types and your body may produce these as a defense (or not if your immune system is weak) but what happens in many cases your body may kill off beneficial bacteria and that gets replaced with a similiar but non-beneficial bacteria and because the phages changed you can't get back. We see this with fluoroquinolone antibiotics[1] Davies EV, Winstanley C, Fothergill JL, James CE. The role of temperate bacteriophages in bacterial infection. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016;363(5):fnw015. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw015
- nickthemagicman 6y ago
  The chance of any of what you're saying happening... is infinitesimally small. I'm sorry that it makes you scared and fearful. It upsets me that the media takes advantage of people's poor understanding of biology and statistics.