Look, when pollen has zero affect on you (except maybe making you wash the car slightly more often, but hey, that's what garages were made for) and people just complain using the most generic word they can, there's not much reason to suspect specifics.
Of course not, that's ridiculous. "The world" means just the US.
If you wanted his name to kept as Dr. Black, then maybe you shouldn't have lost the war!
Note to self: don't move west, continue to believe in my perfect immune system.