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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.45652698[source]
There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything. Playing in the dirt, peanuts, other allergens. It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults. People assume babies are super fragile and delicate, and in many ways they are, but they also bounce back quickly.

Maybe part of it is a consequence of the risks of honey, which can actually spawn camp infants with botulism. But it seems that fear spread to everything.

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WillPostForFood ◴[] No.45652915[source]
It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults.

In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended not allowing your kids peanuts until they were 3 years old. It was just parents following doctor's (bad) advice.

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jl6 ◴[] No.45653122[source]
A timely reminder that although doctors aspire to follow science, and many doctors are scientists, and most doctors advocate evidence-based medicine, the practice of medicine is not a wholly scientific field, and particularly the big associations like the AAP are vulnerable to groupthink just like any big org.
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1. philipallstar ◴[] No.45653572[source]
> and many doctors are scientists

Is this true? What percentage of doctors are scientists?

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2. roguecoder ◴[] No.45671310[source]
How do you define "scientist"? Medical education includes training in research methods.