I’m not surprised at this. I have always worked in the dirt one way or another, had pets and farm animals, my kids played in the dirt as children and we’re all healthy as can be and have been for our whole lives. The tonsils, that reside in the back of your throat where the nasal passages and mouth cavity meet are full of mast cells. Everything you breathe or eat is sampled by your immune system there, and preparations are made at that point just in case one organism or another reaches pathogenic proportions later on. Without constant exposure and preparation your body gets blindsided when exposure does occur. I see the tonsils as explicitly non-vestigial. #touchgrass