Mid to late 90s was when it started becoming a talked about threat, but 2000s was when we reached “oh my god even a molecule on the hem of someone’s clothing is enough to kill 10 people” shit. If you trace backwards that means late Boomers and Gen Xers started, I think, Ziplock parenting a lot - less real play in the dirt, more sit on the couch and eat Dunkaroos.
Basically the last generation that had “be home when the streetlights come on” was the last generation to have the more resilient immune systems, and the two things are probably fairly related.
Mid to late 90s was when it started becoming a talked about threat, but 2000s was when we reached “oh my god even a molecule on the hem of someone’s clothing is enough to kill 10 people” shit. If you trace backwards that means late Boomers and Gen Xers started, I think, Ziplock parenting a lot - less real play in the dirt, more sit on the couch and eat Dunkaroos.
Basically the last generation that had “be home when the streetlights come on” was the last generation to have the more resilient immune systems, and the two things are probably fairly related.