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submitted 2 weeks ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] Reshirams_Rad_Slam@mastodo.neoliber.al 1 points 2 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@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't infections lead to producing antibodies?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

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