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by tim333 657 days ago
>Our immune systems evolved for a different world (that didn’t involve 100,000 global flights per day).

Googling how it was then:

>Around 12,000 years ago and earlier, life expectancy was about 33 years. Infections, such as diarrheal diseases that led to starvation and dehydration, were the leading cause of death, accounting for about 75% of deaths.

so the modern stuff is not so bad really.