Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
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Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#2Does anyone have a link to the actual paper cited? There's nothing in the article indicating a title or link.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#3It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance.
E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#4There's a difference between being exposed to dirt and being exposed to viral diseases, though. Playing outside in the leaves will likely trigger healthy immune responses. Contracting COVID-19 may lead to long term health issues.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#5It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
"Wet markets" are just farmers' markets.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#6It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
Yeah why don’t these people just stay home and starve. Sigh
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#7It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
"Wet markets" are just farmers' markets.
Eh, there aren’t live animals available for slaughter on the spot at any of the hundreds of farmer’s market I’ve been to in the US Midwest.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#8It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
"Wet markets" are just farmers' markets.
... that sell wild caught animals, and usually don’t have a domesticated counterpart.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#9It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
It's a misconception that all wet markets transmit disease; they are basically markets that sell fresh foods like vegetables. A portion, probably a minority, sell "exotic" animal meat, and even then "exotic" is a biased perspective.
Re: Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
#10It will probably work itself out in the long term though and people will return to nominal levels of risk tolerance. E.g. China has reopened wet markets even though we now know it is hugely dangerous to the world. Sigh
"Wet markets" are just farmers' markets.
> "Wet markets" are just farmers' markets
Well...I guess their definition of farm animals is considerably broader than ours...:-)