People should make that a rite of passage.

I wish my mom did that to me =p. Seriously, getting sick is annoying. *kicks immune system*

Originally Posted by jesus

I wish my mom did that to me =p. Seriously, getting sick is annoying. *kicks immune system*

They should do it like how Achilles was dipped into the river Styx for immortality. Instead it'll be Lake Ontario, that's good enough.

I hear there are dirt pills out there for children who live in a bubble. They can develop an immune system without all the fun of running around in mud and the unsanitary real world! There are SO MANY GERMS in the air!

Originally Posted by Iman

I hear there are dirt pills out there for children who live in a bubble. They can develop an immune system without all the fun of running around in mud and the unsanitary real world! There are SO MANY GERMS in the air!

Dirt pills, wow. Now that's an interesting invention.

Originally Posted by Iman

I hear there are dirt pills out there for children who live in a bubble. They can develop an immune system without all the fun of running around in mud and the unsanitary real world! There are SO MANY GERMS in the air!

Wow Dirt pills?! But is dirt really helping the immune system? And how.. it's not like dirt is THAT bad.. otherwise, plants wouldn't survive

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

But is dirt really helping the immune system?

I guess the idea is to feed weak bacteria to your kid's body so that it builds up immunity.

Originally Posted by PTGregD

I guess the idea is to feed weak bacteria to your kid's body so that it builds up immunity.

Weird.. but it's better than nothing, I guess .. I like the rolling your kids in the dirt idea better XD

Originally Posted by PTGregD

I guess the idea is to feed weak bacteria to your kid's body so that it builds up immunity.

Why not just inject vaccines which are dead bacteria/viruses?

Originally Posted by jhan523

Why not just inject vaccines which are dead bacteria/viruses?

I'm not a medicine expert, but it might be because a vaccine is very focused as to what it prevents, while a dirt pill might help improve your immune system across the board?

Originally Posted by PTGregD

I'm not a medicine expert, but it might be because a vaccine is very focused as to what it prevents, while a dirt pill might help improve your immune system across the board?

Hmm, perhaps the dirt contains dead bacteria. I don't know why you would feed live bacteria to anyone. It seems like a very bad idea.

Originally Posted by jhan523

Hmm, perhaps the dirt contains dead bacteria. I don't know why you would feed live bacteria to anyone. It seems like a very bad idea.

Agreed.. at least vaccines are specific. But just throwing dead bacteria into your body with no purpose whatsoever, seems a bit.. Odd?

Originally Posted by jhan523

Hmm, perhaps the dirt contains dead bacteria. I don't know why you would feed live bacteria to anyone. It seems like a very bad idea.

I was always under the impression that vaccines weren't dead bacteria, but very weakened bacteria. That's why you some people get sick from their flu shots (the weakened bacteria overpowers a weaker immune system).

Although I guess I was wrong.

Originally Posted by PTGregD

I was always under the impression that vaccines weren't dead bacteria, but very weakened bacteria. That's why you some people get sick from their flu shots (the weakened bacteria overpowers a weaker immune system).

Although I guess I was wrong.

Hmm, I believe that's correct..that they're weakened bacteria/viruses.. according to my doctor anyway XD

Originally Posted by PTGregD

I was always under the impression that vaccines weren't dead bacteria, but very weakened bacteria. That's why you some people get sick from their flu shots (the weakened bacteria overpowers a weaker immune system).

Although I guess I was wrong.

I thought that they were dead... All you need are the markers that the bacteria/virus contain on their outer membrane. I don't see what the purpose of weakened bacteria when dead bacteria would work just as well. But maybe the immune system responds differently to dead bacteria than to live bacteria, I don't know that.

I actually had to look that up. There's Live attenuated, killed, toxoid, and component vaccines.
So some are dead and some are just weakened.

First site in google XD http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4866,00.html