So many scrapes and simple injuries and infections are fatal. You can die from an ingrown hair or toenail without antibiotics.
I don't know about that statement. I cut myself on probably 1/3 jobs I do. I've never had a serious infection from any of them.
Our immune system can fight off plenty.
But if you get a good hit from bacteria from whatever you cut yourself on, and don't use antiseptic, and then don't use antibiotics, you are dead.
Bacteria from the skin+bacteria from what you cut yourself on is a huge factor. Thus the soap which you mentioned earlier.
Our skin naturally cultivates good bacteria that helps us. Over-sanitation is actually detrimental to this. Always sanitize shit you use and wounds. But one can be quite dirty and fine.
I still disagree.
I used to work at a summer camp next to a swamp.
We used to do an activity called "swamp mucking"
Take kids, go into the swamp, go into the muck pit.
Nobody ever got sick.
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