pillows: a haven for filth and dust mites?

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destrekor

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are you people serious? dont act like our body has not EVOLVED to deal with these microscopic pests
their 'feces' do nothing to us, and they benefit from our dead skin cells
woopi de do... welcome to life, we live in a world chock full of other peoples dead skin cells, parasites, bacteria, their feces, etc etc
the feces of a bedbug is not harmfull to us, thus why people dont die... we don't have a movie called 'Attack of the Bacteria-laced Pillows', so obviously its not a threat ;)
how many bacteria are out there? now compare that number to how many actually can cause health problems... its likely somewhere in the region of less than 1% of all bacteria can cause health problems
WE HAVE BACTERIA LIVING INSIDE OF US! oooo noes, lets go through ourselves at a gamma-ray machine to get rid of all them.. so we might melt into a radioactive pool of bodymass, but we beat them damned bacterium.. yeah, we showed them! ;)


some doctor posts something that sounds remotely dangerous, even though it's been that way for hundreds of years.. and all of a sudden people run in fear
guess what.. people have been using pillows, for uh.. how long?
and guess what... everyone dies
ditch your pillow and beds, sleep on a wood frame, and u might live 4.321536 days longer than me. u bastard!
 

aidanjm

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Originally posted by: destrekor
are you people serious? dont act like our body has not EVOLVED to deal with these microscopic pests
their 'feces' do nothing to us, and they benefit from our dead skin cells

from your Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

"Body parts and feces from dust mites can trigger asthma in individuals with allergic reactions to dust mites, and exposure to dust mites can cause asthma in children who have not previously exhibited asthma symptoms."

 

destrekor

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okay, so people who are likely allergic... that trait is probably rare.. because besides my mom and sister who have slight asthma... i dont know anyone else with asthma (and my mom's is recent, and my sisters was a couple years ago, started with sports, and she was maybe 16 when it started)