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   Doctors have also found that ultra-clean homes make the polio problem worse.    
   In Medieval times, most babies were exposed to the polio virus very early in   
   life, and they developed a natural immunity.  In the cleaner "Modern" age,   
   when the children were    
   protected from the virus until the teen years or adulthood, the results were   
   devastating -- permanent paralysis.   
      
   Come to think of it, Mumps is another example of that.  Catch the mumps in   
   childhood, and the results are minimal.  Get the mumps as an adult, and it can   
   produce death or permanent sterility.   
      
   Funny how that works.  Our society's passion for avoiding germs is not   
   necessarily a good thing.  Mother Nature had some things all worked out a   
   million years ago.   
      
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