There have been reports of YouTubers I watch getting sick after eating food in third world countries. However, these countries are also home to a large number of people who do not get sick from eating the same food. I think this suggests that the locals may have developed stronger immune systems. What do you think?

  • @[email protected]
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    221 year ago

    Also “survivorship bias” sadly plays a part in this. The healthcare is low quality or nonexistent. Everyone seems to have an excellent immune system because most everyone that didn’t… died.

    • eu
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      61 year ago

      Not sure what country you’re talking about but as someone born and raised in a third-world country with free, universal healthcare I can tell you I’m offended.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        Man I really think this highlights how badly we need to stop using the word third-world. Thanks for pointing that out. It is antiquated and just used arbitrarily these days. I was trying to convey war-torn countries, countries with too much unrest to support a universal healthcare system, etc. Those descriptions are not descriptive of every third-world country.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Depends on what part of the 3rd world we are talking about. Majority of African nations for example do not have UHC yet. Asia is a better off in this regard but not the entire continent.

      • @Shatterdome
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        11 year ago

        Free does not mean good.

        Third world implies: poor, unstable and high mortality rates.