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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

-misanthroptimist

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10. This stuff is way outside my knowledge base

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

May 2024

What I do know is that I haven't been sick a single day since (I think) 1998. As a kid I grew up in a filthy house in a filthy neighborhood near a landfill -which we actually played in and picked through. I have no idea if any of that is relevant to my seeming immunity to Earth diseases, but it seems like a possibility to someone, again, with absolutely no expertise and little knowledge of medical issues.

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Is the Hygiene Hypothesis True? [View all] BootinUp Oct 2023 OP

I suspect that the main reason I am so very healthy PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #1

Based on anectdotal evidence, and it makes sense, BootinUp Oct 2023 #2

While you are right that my personal experience is hardly PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #6

As a former preschool teacher oregonjen Oct 2023 #3

Not shown in the excerpt above are BootinUp Oct 2023 #4

You got sick for the first two years, and after that maybe once a year. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #8

Nose picking is thought to be bad for you muriel_volestrangler Mar 2024 #9

This is interesting. progressoid Oct 2023 #5

I always thought the hygiene theory was about exposure to non-infectious agents NickB79 Dec 2023 #7

This stuff is way outside my knowledge base -misanthroptimist May 2024 #10