No, i assure you the wilderness is absolutely disgusting. Parasites are a problem across vast swaths of the world. There are all kinds of poorly researched tropical diseases. North America has ticks that will bite you and cause all kinds of horrific auto-immune diseases. Nature wants to kill you and consume your biomass and it is not shy about it.
They absolutely are, but they're a problem in cities too! The only exception is if you have regular access to filtered water and hand washing, which is a huge if. With the exception of western cities, wild areas are far cleaner than ones impacted by agriculture, sedentism and industry.
It's still way safer to drink mountain water than like, water in a park though, get it? The wilderness isn't dirty, agriculture and tourism are dirty.
No, i assure you the wilderness is absolutely disgusting. Parasites are a problem across vast swaths of the world. There are all kinds of poorly researched tropical diseases. North America has ticks that will bite you and cause all kinds of horrific auto-immune diseases. Nature wants to kill you and consume your biomass and it is not shy about it.
They absolutely are, but they're a problem in cities too! The only exception is if you have regular access to filtered water and hand washing, which is a huge if. With the exception of western cities, wild areas are far cleaner than ones impacted by agriculture, sedentism and industry.