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How will isolation affect long-term immunity? Playing dirty: as humans evolved, our immune systems learned to cope with the microbes around us in the natural world. Illustration: Lehel Kovács/The Observer Playing dirty: as humans evolved, our immune systems learned to cope with the microbes around us in the natural world. Illustration: Lehel Kovács/The Observer Healthy immune systems work best when exposed to microbes. So what will lockdown have done to our resistance to germs? Sun 16 May 2021 05.00 EDT Every time you kiss another human being intimately for 10 seconds, more than 80m bacteria are transferred from mouth to mouth. If you’re at a party and double dip your tortilla chip into the salsa three times, around 10,000 bacteria will be transferred from your lips to the dip. Say “hi” to your co-workers as you sit down at your office desk and you’ll also be greeted by over 10m bacteria on its surface. ....
A vegan mother films her baby chomping on sand, dirt, rocks and even supermarket shopping trolley straps - as she claims her breast milk protects the tot while he builds his immune system . Alice Bender, from Phoenix, Arizona, shared footage of eight-month-old baby Fern chewing on various objects on TikTok including sand while at the beach and even her handing him a brown rock, which he puts in his mouth straight away. The 22-year-old, who raises her son as a vegan, defended her parenting style by insisting that germs are nothing to be afraid of - and that it s natural for babies to want to eat sand. ....
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COVID-19 Isolation and Your Babyâs Immune System March 5, 2021 Queirra Fenderson, a first-time mom in Fort Washington, MD, gave birth to her daughter, Arya, at the end of December 2019. On the advice of their pediatrician, she and her husband spent the first month of their daughterâs life living in a âbubbleâ with only a few close family and friends seeing their baby to protect her from germs during cold and flu season. Right about the time the new parents were ready to start exposing Arya to more people and germs, the pandemic hit. So a year later, their 14-month-old still remains in that bubble. ....
by Christine Aroney-Sine As we traverse this second year of COVID with fears about the possibilities of more restrictions conflicting with our desire to get rid of masks and start gathering together, I know that many of us are wondering, “Does God believe in healing?” The rising death toll, and the devastation to the lives of so many of our loved ones has left us wondering if God cares. It’s not just COVID that makes us struggle either. It’s the friends with cancer, chronic illnesses or mental illnesses. Then as we look at the broader world, we realize the need for healing in relationships, in racial injustices, in environmental pollution. ....