It's amazing how much America is obsessed with germ phobia and clings to the mantra of better living though chemistry.
We told to wipe the handles of shopping carts with germ killer, get a flu shot and then degrade our only true defenses with anti-biotics. Of course this behavior causes different symptoms in each of us but that is why we have doctors to design a custom pill regimen to subdue our body's individual warning signs.
Pasteur had it wrong and even admitted it before his death. Germs are everywhere and can not be avoided no matter what germ killing fantasy we are sold on.
I started a thread intentioned on best ways to boost our immune system that got side tracked over DE an insignificant aid that may or may not be safe or effective.