Re:Respiratory virus pathogens on frequently touched surface...
by Bjartr on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:22PM
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>I mean of course one should be washing their hands after using the bathrooom
Isn't a large value of washing after using the restroom that it means you'll wash your hands multiple times a day when you wouldn't otherwise?
> but all that other stuff you mentioned.. that's anal to the point of obsessive.
Arguments similar to this were used against washing your hands at all when we first developed a theory of germs and contamination.
Really though, this discussion won't progress until one of us has supporting data.
Re:Respiratory virus pathogens on frequently touched surface...
by markdown on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:14AM
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Fair enough.
I don't have data to support my conclusions, but I subscribe to the Hygiene Hypothesis... humans have lived in filth for millennia, and our bodies haven't evolved to live in sterile conditions.
> People routinely get sick when traveling to the point it's basically a trope.
The only version of the trope I've heard of before is eating in foreign 3rd world destinations (eg: Delhi belly). I live in a major tourist destination and if tourists were routinely getting sick out here I'd know about it.
I mean of course one should be washing their hands after using the bathrooom, but all that other stuff you mentioned.. that's anal to the point of obsessive.