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This seems to be a unique period in history to test the idea with a large sample size. I'm not sure how this could easily be measured while taking into account
by logicalmonster 4y ago
This seems to be a unique period in history to test the idea with a large sample size.
I'm not sure how this could easily be measured while taking into account every variable, but I'd love to see good studies done over the long-term based on how people are reacting to living with Covid-19.
Due to a high state of fear, a portion of people seem resigned to living the rest of their lives wearing masks/gloves/face shields everywhere in public, very frequently cleaning themselves and their living environments to kill every possible germ, washing their hands more frequently than might be reasonably necessary, avoiding many public interactions, etc. If humans are better off with some reasonable amount of exposure to the normal bacteria in nature, the fearful people might end up with worse off immune systems due to this lack of normal exposure.
- palata 4y agoThe whole point of the covid measures was/is not to avoid getting covid, but to slow it down. Because if everyone is sick at the same time, it's extremely bad. There is a balance to find between living the rest of your life with a mask and refusing to help slowing the pandemic down by doing a small effort, because YOLO. But that's far from being globally understood.
- viridian 4y agoon the other hand, if this mostly applies to childhood behaviors, I doubt we'll see much of an effect. My kid was still chewing grass and tasting dirt clods in the middle of covid.