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Exactly this. I find it interesting that most people seem to forget that we have immune systems that have served us well for our entire evolution and human history, and all of sudden we ignore that same system that was built exactly for this kind of thing.

It coincides with a society that's become hyper-focused on historically small risks. Look at anxiety rates in children, etc.

I guess it must have to do with the progress of humanity. Life has become so good that even relatively small dangers are becoming the only ones left. Or kind of like the misery of the wealthy.

Any sense of proportion has gone down the drain.

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