totally agree with what your saying there kay,when i was a kid we had our only bath on sunday night,we played in mud and cow shit and the brook,we hardly ever had any colds/flu.Now everything is aimed at being super clean,anti bacterial wipes,sprays,soaps.
My brother is a classic example , he has 2 daughters 5 & 8 they are constantly washing there hands, we went to there house yesterday afternoon & stayed for tea , his Mrs was even checking the temp of stuff coming out the oven to see if it was cooked enough
I remember a few yrs back cooking a turkey with the plastic bag in