[krel]

Is this true? Or did we just not care about allergies before when we had much bigger issues (like dying at age 30)?

Some reference/data to back up your claim would be nice.

[ericb]

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db121.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46302780

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254585/