Do People in Third World Countries Have Stronger Immune Systems Than People in First World Countries?

myxi@feddit.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 72 points –

There have been reports of YouTubers I watch getting sick after eating food in third world countries. However, these countries are also home to a large number of people who do not get sick from eating the same food. I think this suggests that the locals may have developed stronger immune systems. What do you think?

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I highly doubt that's true. Although I'm not qualified to say.

There's debate when looking at the old body temp data. The old data has higher body temps. Some say the measurements are inaccurate. Another idea is that body temps have been going down, with the hypothesis that we live in a cleaner world and yada yada yada effects from that.