[ChefKeith]

Good grief people, if you live in a sterile environment you are more likely to get an infection than if you are exposed to germs and such that will build your immune system

When I was a kid I ate dirt and was never sick so I could not play sick from school.

[beaversmom]

My dad said if they got a scratch, cut, etc. they used to rub something in it. I can't remember what--maybe dirt or soot. It was something strange. He's 75 years old and he has his ailments--diabetes, colitis, etc. but he's as tough as nails when it comes to germs.