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==>There appears to be something of an explosion in complaints
==>of allergic reactions. There are some more or less wild
==>suggestions as to why this is.
If I may, I make another more or less wild suggestion as to why this
is. Possibly people are just experiencing and expecting better &
better health. As diseases like whooping cough, smallpox &
TB fall by the wayside (we hope), relatively minor effects like allergic
reactions rise out of the noise. And people being people, if there
IS something, ANYTHING, to complain about, will.
Compare for example the definition of poverty. The current
definition of poverty includes as "impoverished" someone with
an indoor toilet, hot & cold running water, etc., which were luxuries
available to only the richest fraction a couple centuries ago.
Note that I am NOT saying the I disagree with the current
definition of poverty.