Early exposure to germs has lasting benefits

[pwg]

http://www.nature.com/news/early-exposure-to-germs-has-lasting-benefits-1.10294

[lewisgodowski]

And this is why I'm in utter disbelief when parents protect their children so much as to not let them play in the dirt and sandboxes and such.

[farnsworth → lewisgodowski]

I'm wary of what people will start doing to their kids once this passes through the telephone game of science reporting -> MSM -> well-meaning parents following 'cutting-edge' parenting techniques.

[Symmetry → farnsworth]

My friend the professional immunology researcher often expresses her disbelief at how parents try to protect their kids from dirt. Also, Nature isn't really the MSM.

[farnsworth → Symmetry]

I know - the next step is CNN.com (or whatever) "Scientists say you should keep your kids as dirty as possible" then you have, I don't know, parents smearing pig shit over babies or something. You get the idea.

[naragon]

I knew growing up in a third world country would come in handy for me some day.

[cpt1138]

Its surprising to me this is news.

[icebraining → cpt1138]

The news is not that it happens, but that they have discovered how it happens - or at least, a possible way, since the experiment was done in mice.