Pixie sez:
“The reason for people in slums becoming ill is probably connected to poor nutrition, little access to diagnostic and preventive care, and higher rates of addiction, rather than germ resistance.”
OK, I can buy that, but would they also be super-germ resistent? If they were removed from that setting and lived ‘normal’ lives, would they be immune to most germs(or at least a whole lot of 'em)?
I don’t know a whole lot of biology, but there must only be a certain number of anti-bodies that can be produced. After that amount, there just isn’t enough, I don’t know, room(?) for different types to exist.
Also, even if you are super-clean, you must come in contact with a great many germs in daily life. Surely you can’t avoid having contact with a ton of germs everyday. If you do, don’t you get an immunity after your body fights them off?
This is a bit off the OP, but I’ve also heard that all of the anti-bacterial products that we produce now, in conjunction with the over-prescription of penecillin (sp)is creating super bugs. Should we put a stop to the production of all these anti-bacterial baby toys and kitchen stuff that seems to be generally unneeded and possibly even dangerous in the long run?
On second thought, please don’t run with last one, it could really hi-jack the thread. If someone wants to give a really long answer to all my questions, feel free to included a bit on that, but please don’t just try to answer that part by itself.
Man, I have a lot of questions. Some sort of biology teacher should be able to answer a bunch of these. Also, there has got to be a link. I’ll have a look at some previous discussions on the board.
Keep up the replies, I’m fascinated!