But it's scary because without gut bacteria we'd all be dead. We depend on them so much that I sometimes wonder if they're the host and we're the "parasite".
What you said about correlation v cause and such is spot on. And perhaps the article fails because of what you listed.
Nonetheless, losing half of something that our living depends doesn't feel like grounds for celebration. The fact that we just don't know, well that's concerning as well.
But it's scary because without gut bacteria we'd all be dead. We depend on them so much that I sometimes wonder if they're the host and we're the "parasite".
What you said about correlation v cause and such is spot on. And perhaps the article fails because of what you listed.
Nonetheless, losing half of something that our living depends doesn't feel like grounds for celebration. The fact that we just don't know, well that's concerning as well.