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[–] 2 points 5 months ago

I definitely think there are grounds to the cleanliness hypothesis. Basically the immune system expects a certain amount of activity. If it's underperforming, the body systems assume it's a problem with the immune system, not a lack of bugs, because we are too clean. It then racks up activity levels, causing problematic autoimmune or allergy reactions.

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