I, as a young child, lacked the parenting and care I needed to build a strong immune system and was forced to build my immune system on my own. I was that kid who would eat sand from the sandbox, but despite how ridiculous I may have appeared, it gave me a future of very little sickness and problems.  Kids these days are getting sick from the simplest of viruses and bacteria, whether due to a lack of exposure to bacteria at a young age or simply due to the lack of immune system building in the early stages of life. We, as a nation, can combat this. Not only to prevent future casualties from such simplistic of a cause but to build a nation of super immune soldiers to keep our nation afloat. This may not seem like an issue now but in the near future, our children will be yellow-belly hippies with weak-ass immune systems. Help me, and many others build the future that you would want for yourself. Feed your kids some dirt. Amen, God bless!