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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@MonkderVierte @MaximilianKohler Eating dirt and practicing poor sanitation increases your odds of contracting an infection and needing antibiotics.

So much commitment for just a hypothesis

[–] Cocodapuf 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't infections lead to producing antibodies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

They might also disfigure, disable, or discontinue you entirely. Like polio.