Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by atonse on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:39AM
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This is great for our time, but I worry about the long term effects on the immune system of us living in what are going to be Hyper sterilized environments everywhere we go. (And breathing ultra clean air too)
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Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:51AM
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Our homes, cars, backyards, etc. aren't likely to be sterilized in this fashion. Plenty of immune challenges to keep our systems busy.
Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by scotty79 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:47AM
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The only side effect of living cleaner so far (although this is still disputable) is not having parasites anymore and not having immunity suppressing effect they have on your system. This still is net benefit though since parasitic diseases take a toll on the body.
Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by forgotmyp77 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:33PM
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problem is immune system has been tuned to develop with parasites and malfunctions without them.
Hence auto-immune diseases.
Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by briefcomment on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:49AM
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If this disinfects similar to how sunlight would, maybe it's not so bad
You can balance it out by not being so sterilized in your own home, that something you can control.
Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by garraeth on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:58AM
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Not really since you won't be able to effectively replicate the diversity of a natural environment - an environment like what you'd need to eventually build defenses against.
Re:Robot Disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:51AM
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Why is a food bank warehouse a "natural environment", but a house is not?