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Post by ChickenSoda on Jan 23, 2008 2:26:14 GMT -5
emm...Im sorry for raining on your parade but the more human avoid germs the weaker theyre self defense system will be. How true is this? I'm not being antagonizing, I'm just honestly not sure. Does having a cold really strengthen me against anything besides that exact strain of rhinovirus? You will give birth to a generation that need to knit a glove to their hand and consider mask as theyre make-up before they brave the world. Only if my having children is enabled by the fact that I would've otherwise died of exposure to some kind of minor infection due to some kind of genetic shortcoming. That is, unless you believe in the inheritance of acquired traits aspect of Lamarck's disproven evolutionary theory.
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Post by Ave` on Jan 23, 2008 4:57:20 GMT -5
VirusLab: Theres no exact indication that this thread is a joke. Perhaps a wishful thinking yes. So some smart ppl can take it as a joke but some actually thinks its a good idea. I was contributing another point of view to balance the thread and make ppl ponder. Now you may appreciate me :]
ChickenSoda: If youre not sure then do your research. Im not abt to do urs for you (for free) but I will leave you something to think abt. While if you go to India and eat any curry they sell on the street you will have diarrhea for 1 week but this doesnt occur for the locals. A child who is born and raised in a family that owns pets have less risk to suffer from most allergies.
If ppl keep preffering mineral water and nothing else then perhaps in the future human cant consume tap water anymore. So im campaigning for everyone to drink tap water at least once a week :]
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Post by ChickenSoda on Jan 23, 2008 16:00:18 GMT -5
If youre not sure then do your research. Im not abt to do urs for you (for free) I was just asking on the chance that anybody knew offhand. Most of my googling just yielded results on how to strengthen your immune system to prevent colds. Ah, but is this resistance acquired or genetic? Say that the two of us move to India and have a kid. Will the kid develop a resistance to the bacteria in the food, or will he s*** his brains out like us? I don't feel like devoting my life to finding out, so I guess I'll never know. I've been around one or more dogs my whole life, and I have a severe dog allergy. Hearing that just makes me bitter =/
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Post by daisypukes on Jan 24, 2008 1:30:56 GMT -5
^Yeah, and I grew up in a dust bin and yet I have dust allergies, explain that one Ave. Anyway, this thread was clearly a joke, there is no risk of anyone taking it seriously unless said person had a startlingly low IQ. But if we're going to talk seriously about this, then it's moderation, people. Yes you need some exposure to keep your immune system up to snuff, but you also don't need to take baths in human feces to try to build up even more immunity. Unless you're into that.
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Post by Ave` on Jan 24, 2008 2:21:08 GMT -5
CS: You must have missed out the word "less risk". The research didnt imply that there is no risk. Im sorry, you mustve got unlucky. Look at the bright side, theres so many other animals besides dog. How about a hyena :D
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Post by ChickenSoda on Jan 24, 2008 2:27:12 GMT -5
CS: You must have missed out the word "less risk". The research didnt imply that there is no risk. I didn't say that there was no risk. I'm bitter because I got screwed =/ But hay, a hyena is fine too :D
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Post by tbw on Jan 24, 2008 4:04:49 GMT -5
I came into work while sick in the hope of infecting others so that by the time I was better, they would be sick and I would get called in for the overtime to cover their shifts
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