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366. Epidemics and Delusions | Steve Templeton
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Myth of Germaphobia and the Importance of Microbial Exposure
Being too diligent about avoiding infections and sanitizing is not helpful as we are already exposed to a lot of microbes in our environment./nFirst world diseases like increased autoimmunity, allergy, and asthma are results of our ability to avoid microbial exposure./nSanitation revolution had positive impacts, but it also resulted in loss of exposure to environmental microbes, which caused the prevalence of first world diseases to increase./nPolio was endemic until sanitation improved, and it became more severe and noticeable when people were not exposed to it until they were older.
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