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SIKSUKR · 10-03-2013, 01:41 PM

My only point is, and of course I'm exaggerating, is if you are pretty healthy I don't believe you should live in a sterile world.

Truckload of bacteria
The human body carries more than 100 trillion bacteria - up to five pounds of the tiny single-celled organisms. The mouth alone has several hundred species of bacteria. Each tooth is its own ecosystem.

Together, all of the bacteria in the body would be the size of a large liver, and in many ways, scientists say, the microbiome behaves as another organ in the human body.
Certainly bacteria are different than viruses but ones body should be exposed to all if healthy enough. The flu shot is is doing exactly this for that strain.

FWIW

10-03-2013, 01:41 PM	#14
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	My only point is, and of course I'm exaggerating, is if you are pretty healthy I don't believe you should live in a sterile world. Truckload of bacteria The human body carries more than 100 trillion bacteria - up to five pounds of the tiny single-celled organisms. The mouth alone has several hundred species of bacteria. Each tooth is its own ecosystem. Together, all of the bacteria in the body would be the size of a large liver, and in many ways, scientists say, the microbiome behaves as another organ in the human body. Certainly bacteria are different than viruses but ones body should be exposed to all if healthy enough. The flu shot is is doing exactly this for that strain. FWIW __________________ SIKSUKR Last edited by SIKSUKR; 10-04-2013 at 08:53 AM.