Agreed—I wished I could learn more. In any case, I feel really uncertain about the hygiene hypothesis. Given that the advice to “collect bugs” for increased immunity is so widespread and even propagated by doctors it baffles me that it is so hard to find evidence for this advice. The advice also has serious bearing on people’s well-being which is another reason that this claim should be investigated much more closely.
Agreed—I wished I could learn more. In any case, I feel really uncertain about the hygiene hypothesis. Given that the advice to “collect bugs” for increased immunity is so widespread and even propagated by doctors it baffles me that it is so hard to find evidence for this advice. The advice also has serious bearing on people’s well-being which is another reason that this claim should be investigated much more closely.