Doom and gloom.... oh no!

A new study (that cost the government roughly 63,500 dollars btw) says that playing in beach sand could be bad for your health. Birds poop in the sand and then you touch it. So it can cause stomach/intestinal upset. Oh boy.

Although, a bit disgusting to think about, do they really need to fund a research project to tell us this? Not only does it serve to point out just one more thing that can hurt you...I'm counting the days until the personal bubbles are required so we can't touch anyone or anything. But, the big problem... Why did we pay for this??? Does it take a scientific team to prove to us that birds poop in sand? Or that if we touch said sand and then eat a sandwich it could possibly give us a tummy ache? How dumb are we that we cannot add 2 + 2 anymore?

The human body is an amazing thing. When working properly, it generally fixes itself. It learns to fight off infections, bacteria, and virii. This of course hinges upon it actually getting infected and battling bacteria, etc. If we don't let ourselves get minorly sick, we will never be able to fight off the big stuff. The body's defenses need to train up. We aren't born knowing how to defeat all these possible enemies. Gotta keep fighting.

People that use Purell all the time are just asking for trouble in my opinion. The reason anti-biotics are prescription only, is so that people don't overuse them to the point they won't work anymore. I suffer from chronic sinus infections. They hurt, they suck and make me miserable for about 4 days on average. I get them about 6-8 times per year. I don't go to the doctor. This mystifies people. 'But the doctor would give you anti-biotics to be rid of it!' people say. This is EXACTLY why I don't go. If I took anti-biotics every time I had a sinus infection, they wouldn't work on me when I REALLY needed them to. The infections go away, they always do, and I'm pretty certain they always will.

Being a bit ill sometimes is kind of good for you in a way, helps to prevent the BIG one's that don't just go away. Sometimes the best thing you can do really is to just sleep and drink lots of fluids. Time heals most wounds, if you let it.