Migrants Shed Microbes Quickly Once They Get Here – IOTW Report

Migrants Shed Microbes Quickly Once They Get Here

Scientists have discovered that one of the first things immigrants lose once they come to America are all those gut bacteria that they brought with them from their homeland. Researchers don’t believe it’s the change in diet that’s causing it.

“It seems as though there’s something else going on that has to do with the U.S. lifestyle… Antibiotics could be playing a role. The water supply could be playing a role. Could be other aspects of lifestyle, stress, exercise, hygiene. But we don’t have enough information yet to be able to pin it down.” –    Dan Knights, a computational biologist at the University of Minnesota. More

5 Comments on Migrants Shed Microbes Quickly Once They Get Here

  1. Seems like they shed germs like Measels, Mumps, Whooping Cough and countless other diseases too. But no worries the left will blame the anti-vaccine crowd for all the outbreaks.

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