food allergies, climate change
It feels like I have the same conversation with people of my parents' generation over and over again.
Them: Why are there so many more food allergies these days?
Me: Actually, I know this one! There are more allergens in the environment than when you were a kid. It's partly linked to climate change, because a lot of the fungi thrive on higher CO2 levels...
Them: It's because kids are too indulged about food these days/houses are too clean these days/kids don't play outside enough so their immune systems are weaker/etc
Bonus point if they end the conversation by saying "You've got to have SOME dirt!" or "You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die!" as if that had anything to do with it.
Boomers are absolutely wedded to this pet theory, and if you bring up the facts they will absolutely ignore you and carry on.
food allergies, climate change
Some good studies found out, that if you get dust/dirt in your nose, which comes from cow-shed (it must be cow!!!), then you tend a lot to have less/no allergy. this seems to be a epi-genetic effect, which you can give to your children still to the second generation...
so... boomers are not that stupid, if they say, you need more dust and less desinfection-spray...
they are stupid on negating the climate-change.
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food allergies, climate change
@jakob (I didn't know that about the cowshed dust! Thanks for sharing!) Yes, I know that there is research on exposure to dirt/microbes and how it helps your immune system, and I think there's a lot we still don't know. I just find it very revealing that boomers can't cope with anyone challenging their narrative about modern allergies being because the current generation has things too easy.
They especially hate the link to CO2 because it implies some of it might be their fault. They prefer the role of person who "had it tough".