Actually, hygiene hypothesis primarily applies to parasites and benign bacteria. Exposure to a wide variety of those reduces type II hypersensitivity (allergies

Actually, hygiene hypothesis primarily applies to parasites and benign bacteria. Exposure to a wide variety of those reduces type II hypersensitivity (allergies and asthma) and digestive disorders. Data point of 1, I massively improved my allergies with helminth therapy. Viruses and systemic bacteria kind of just fuck you up for the most part. Long COVID, Mono (EBV), Chickenpox/shingles, HSV 1 and 2, HPV, those all just wreck your body in difficult-to-repair ways, increase your risk of things like cancer and MS (and possibly dementia). Lyme, syphilis, and other nasties that hide from the body's defenses can cause lifelong inflammation, rewire your immune system to cause allergies and autoimmune disorders.