What is the state of the cleanliness theory these days ?
What state of proposed-debunked-revisited is that in ?
The narrative that one could be raised in too clean of an environment which then leads to an immune system on a hair-trigger is a sensible and compelling one, but I wonder how accepted it is in 2014 ?
I read "Epidemic of Absence", a science journalist's survey of the research, telling of individual stories, and speculation about where the field could go. Super interesting.
My takeaway was that there's clearly stuff happening here, but the research is still very much in its infancy, so it's hard to be too confident about any one claim.
What state of proposed-debunked-revisited is that in ?
The narrative that one could be raised in too clean of an environment which then leads to an immune system on a hair-trigger is a sensible and compelling one, but I wonder how accepted it is in 2014 ?