tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7467802520040205144..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The "hygiene hypothesis" of allergy and autoimmune disordersMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76155707336968411442019-08-31T19:14:50.261-05:002019-08-31T19:14:50.261-05:00Alternative hypothesis is the "Old Friends Hy...Alternative hypothesis is the "<a href="https://www.grahamrook.net/resources/Bloomfield_obsolete-terminology_16.pdf" rel="nofollow">Old Friends Hypothesis</a>" -- that it's not being too sanitary that's the problem, but that we're missing out on the bacteria humans co-evolved with.<br /><br /><i>Whereas the hygiene hypothesis implicated childhood virus infections as the vital exposures, from an evolutionary point of view this was never likely. Crowd infections were not part of human evolutionary experience because they either kill or induce solid immunity, so could not persist in small hunter-gatherer groups. Epidemiological studies carried out in Finland, Denmark and the United Kingdom now confirm that childhood infections do not protect against allergic disorders.</i>Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.com