“””””Allergists are suspecting the huge growth in antibacterial soap as a root cause.”””””””””””””””
I can dig that. I’m 60, worked outside my whole life. No such thing as washing your hands before you eat. you just grab your sammich from the lunch box and eat it with somewhat dirty hands.You just wipe your hands of on your pants and that gets the big chunks off. I hardly ever get sick. Never had a flu shot.
On the other hand, look at how people work these days. All confined in a sealed building cramped into cubicle farms. When one sneezes they all get to enjoy it. No windows are open because the get recirculated air for heating or cooling.
This true-———there are “clean diseases” brought on in sterile environments.
Shingles is one.....and I believe the current thinking is polio was a “clean disease.”
Ditto here. I was always filthy as a kid, playing hard outdoors all the time every season. Worked in power plants for five years. Gardening for years with no gloves. Hardly any allergies — just seem to have been a bit allergic to pollen this past spring and excessive dust has always made me sneeze. Just went through a battery of food allergy tests and all were negative.