What psychological immune system triggers do you see in both Biss’ own ideas and arguments, and in the beliefs of those she describes?

While Gilbert is focused on the psychology of happiness, Biss is focused on the history of public opinion about vaccines. Although each author is focused on two different subjects, your task in this first essay is to analyze the relationships between Biss and Gilbert to defend a thesis in response to the prompt in bold below.
Towards the end of her article, Biss close reads the origins of the word toxic and claims “The way we now think about toxicity bears some resemblance to the way we once thought about filth…both allow their subscribers to maintain a sense of control over their own health by pursuing personal purity” (40). Biss’ ideas here make me think of Gilbert’s claims about how our own psychological immune system is triggered by intense or inescapable circumstances, and the control that cooking the facts, allegedly, gives us.
Respond to the following prompt in bold with an independent thesis that relies on synthesis of Biss and Gilbert’s direct quotes to prove: How might the psychological immune system influence individual concepts of purity?
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-What psychological immune system triggers do you see in both Biss’ own ideas and arguments, and in the beliefs of those she describes?

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