Comment by jfoutz

The only think i can think of is illness or weakness in the presence of someone you don't trust.

I believe it is universal, although I'm willing to accept there may exist cultures that don't have this desire.

In any case, everyone knowing everyone else's state of health sounds ok, until i think about people i don't like. It's a little too enticing to know about how X is sick, and i don't want X to know that i am sick.

Maybe this is to abstract to be useful.