Where are we with the hygiene hypothesis?
caitlinrivers.substack.com
An interview with an immunologist on whether exposure to viruses helps the immune system to develop in children.

The answer is "no" and that entire theory is misinformed.

Where's that data scientist whose around here downplaying covid and saying the only reason kids are filling hospitals is because they were locked down for two years (lol) and therefore don't have immune systems?

  • MtF_DOOM [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Where’s that data scientist whose around here downplaying covid and saying the only reason kids are filling hospitals is because they were locked down for two years (lol) and therefore don’t have immune systems?

    What’s the name for that thing where someone is specialized in a single subject, but a massive fucking asshat in everything else?

    :maybe-later-honey: “germs are like Pokémon, if you catch them all you win”

    • macabrett
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      2 years ago

      What’s the name for that thing where someone is specialized in a single subject, but a massive fucking asshat in everything else?

      oh its called being a massive fucking asshat

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      In German such a person is known as a Fachidiot ("subject-idiot").