Summary:
The write claims that our world has become over-sanitized. Over decades, while destroying the bad microbes, we have also ended up killing lots of good and less harmful microbes in the process. Such practice has reduced the microbial diversity in our everyday life as well as in our body and made gen-Z far more susceptible than earlier generations. These sanitized microbes were essential to 'train' our immune system against lots of diseases and allergies, which might explain why the occurrences of allergies are more common in gen Z than in previous generation.
Relevance for this sub:
This is an interesting and somewhat novel perspective of looking at the healthcare. The write reinforces a claim that is increasingly being supported by scientific evidence that we should word with nature and let microbes train our immune system by letting toddlers/kids play in dirt and eat for example nuts to build immunity.
Posted by Creative_soja