I don't think you can make a blanket statement that the entire pandemic is the result of rising hygiene and sanitation standards. But your point is reasonable, and no doubt it's true that people in the most advanced societies may be losing biological immunities to some degree.
But answer this: By that logic, people in the least advanced societies should have an innate resistance to the virus, but it's not working out that way. Infection rates around the world seem tied to exposure (e.g. international travel, personal contact), and not affected by any innate immunity.
At least, so it seems, in a landscape of partial and rapidly-changing information. But at this point I wouldn't advocate loosening sanitation standards in hope of tormenting kids' immune systems into being stronger.
As I write this, I'm listening to the Secretary of the Navy, addressing the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt, calling their captain "stupid", and warning the sailors to never talk to the media, because of its partisan bias. I stand by my thesis that that kind of thinking invites punishment by natural selection. Captain Crozier is a hero, in my judgment, and the kind of fools who would fire him deserve a Darwin Award.
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