Fear of a microbial planet
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“Fear”: One Year Later
By: STEVE TEMPLETON APRIL 15, 2024
I set out to understand why people were behaving in a way that would’ve been seen as unhinged just weeks before.
I could see everyone becoming germophobes, and I wondered if that behavior, once ingrained in the population, would ever go away.
Could I reason people out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into?
Probably not, but there were other people I admired trying, and I couldn’t just stand idle.
So I decided to write a book, an idea that became, “Fear of a Microbial Planet!”
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Being a ‘germaphobe’ is about as unhealthy as you can get.
To keep your immune system up and in tip-top condition, it is like any muscle in your body. It must be used regularly to keep its tone and strength up, else it gets lazy.
Your immune system must constantly be triggered and exposed to different types of germs and viruses to keep it in good working order.
Becoming a germaphobe defeats that and in reality makes you more vulnerable to the very germs you are afraid of!.....................