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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by seraphsf on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:53PM (#31939141)
I know a person who contracted a transient parasite infection, possibly hookworm, while doing research in Africa and walking around barefoot. In the decade+ since, they’ve suffered terribly from debilitating and incurable auto-immune diseases brought on by the initial parasite infection.

So, YMMV.

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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by prometheus76 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:54PM (#31939160)
I agree that caution is in order. The question above just reminded me of the story so I thought I'd pass it along because it was from 2012.
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