Not surprisingly, George Carlin had something to say about that too. The Hygiene Hypothesis specifically looks at childhood exposure to microorganisms, beginning in utero and to about school age. The increasing rates of conditions such as allergies, autoimmune disorders, and metabolic syndromes could be a consequence of our decreased exposure to germs and illnesses. (Interestingly, this was right about when George Carlin was first starting to earn his fame as a comedian.) Medical researchers have long speculated that some of the modern diseases that people suffer from comes from an excess of hygiene. It is called The Hygiene Hypothesis, and it dates back to 1968. In medicine, there is a phrase for this way of thinking. Even if I’m at a sidewalk café! In Calcutta! The poor section! On New Year’s morning during a soccer riot!” I don’t shy away from people that sneeze and cough, I don’t wipe off the telephone, I don’t cover the toilet seat, and if I drop food on the floor, I pick it up and eat it! Yes, I do. Meg Lemon, a dermatologist who helps people with autoimmune disorders and allergies, “I tell people, when they drop food on the floor, please pick it up and eat it.” And here is a quote from George Carlin on the same topic, “So personally, I never take any special precautions against germs. Last year the New York Times published an article called “Your Environment is Cleaner, Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared.” For example, here is a quote from that New York Times article from Dr. Carlin was a comedian, but he wasn’t alone in his thinking. Because of this fear, they sanitized everything, repeatedly washed their hands, and overcooked their food to avoid conflict with germs. Sound familiar? In “You are all Diseased,” Carlin commented on how Americans were afraid of germs. And never mind ordinary germs, what are you going to do when some super-virus comes along? So listen, if you kill all the germs around you, and live a completely sterile life, then when germs do come along, you’re not going to be prepared. It turns out that he might not be the only person who thinks so.īesides, what do you think you have an immune system for? It’s for killing germs! But it needs practice it needs germs to practice on. His theory was that we need to expose ourselves to bacteria to build up our immunity system’s strength. He worried that by being super clean, we were making our immune systems weak.
George Carlin felt that people were too afraid of getting dirty and coming into contact with germs. Though “You are all Diseased” was recorded over 20 years ago, this section sounds like it was written for people today.
It was recorded and released later that year on CD as “You Are All Diseased.” There is a section about six minutes in where he goes into the type of rant that made him famous. On February 6th, 1999, George Carlin did a standup special in New York City.
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