175
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
175 points (100.0% liked)
Science
13000 readers
2 users here now
Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
how could that affect antibodies production, efficienty and immunity of the kids?
Probably does the opposite by removing the infectious particles from the air
removing/reducing
The kids still have exposure, but the total load is reduced allowing the body to see and react to the infectious elements without being overwhelmed. All of the "but it's nature" fanatics should remember that the million years of evolution we have survived with exposure was done without enclosed, poorly ventilated boxes. And within the historical record, the some of the greatest failures of our "natural" immune system prior to vaccines and antibiotics have generally occurred when we enclosed people into poorly ventilated, densely packed communities. (though many failures come from drinking our own poo...usually due to densely packed populations with unregulated water standards/supplies)
It's drinking other people that's the real problem. Although it's disgusting your waste only contains pathogens you already possess.
You can absolutely get sick from ingesting your own waste. There's plenty of flora and pathogens that exist and live in your gut that can cause problems if you ingest it orally.
After all we all have e coli and breakouts do still happen.