When I was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s, we swam in the Hudson River and it was filled with raw sewage okay? We swam in raw sewage! You know... to cool off! And at that time, the big fear was polio; thousands of kids died from polio every year but you know something? In my neighbourhood, no one ever got polio! No one! Ever! You know why? Cause we swam in raw sewage! It strengthened our immune systems! The polio never had a prayer; we were tempered in raw shit! So personally, I never take any special precautions against germs. I don’t shy away from people that sneeze and cough, I don’t wipe off the telephone, I don’t cover the toilet seat, and if I drop food on the floor, I pick it up and eat it! Yes I do. Even if I’m at a sidewalk café! In Calcutta! The poor section! On New Year’s morning during a soccer riot! And you know something? In spite of all that so-called risky behaviour, I never get infections, I don’t get them, I don’t get colds, I don’t get flu, I don’t get headaches, I don’t get upset stomach, you know why? Cause I got a good strong immune system and it gets a lot of practice. My immune system is equipped with the biological equivalent of fully automatic military assault rifles with night vision and laser scopes, and we have recently acquired phosphorous grenades, cluster bombs, and anti-personnel fragmentation mines. ~ pimphand carlin
Right along with the "must kill every insect" movement from the 1950s.
It's what some scientists believe caused the rise in allergies and autoimmune disease. We're supposed to be exposed to some pathogens when young in order to train our immune system. Without anything to attack there's a tiny chance it will start to attack our own tissues. There's gates for preventing this, however, they sometimes fail.
my MAN CRUSH.
https://www.lingq.com/en/learn-english-online/courses/87644/george-carlin-fear-of-germs-235986/
Yup: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448690/ - Hygene Hypothesis.
Right along with the "must kill every insect" movement from the 1950s.
It's what some scientists believe caused the rise in allergies and autoimmune disease. We're supposed to be exposed to some pathogens when young in order to train our immune system. Without anything to attack there's a tiny chance it will start to attack our own tissues. There's gates for preventing this, however, they sometimes fail.