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comment by thenewgreen

You use the milk analogy just to reassure your milk loving self. Do you think the example of us using hand sanitizer's and therefore missing out on the strengthening of our resistance to certain bacterias etc is an example of us missing out on pathogens that are beneficial over time? -I'm sure I'm using the wrong language here and if so, I apologize but I'm guessing you catch my point.





mk  ·  3973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    You use the milk analogy just to reassure your milk loving self.

Floating Cheerios in it just hides the truth.

    Do you think the example of us using hand sanitizer's and therefore missing out on the strengthening of our resistance to certain bacterias etc is an example of us missing out on pathogens that are beneficial over time?

I think it's a case by case issue, and the problem is that people often generalize the argument when it's convenient. No doubt, too much sterility is likely a bad thing.