Don't touch! Study confirms your worst fears about public potties, page 2

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reply posted on 21-10-2011 @ 10:24 PM by Praetorius

Originally posted by tinker9917

Originally posted by Praetorius
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But..isn't our immune system strengthened by new challenges it that it learns to fight off, and that if we live in a sterile-sh environment, it is unschooled and eventually too weak to fight off the weakest new threats that may be introduced via novel means?

I say give it all the rough stuff we can when there's not some known crazy new killer floating around. Bring on the dirty!
edit on 10/21/2011 by Praetorius because: (no reason given)

Strengthened immune system is one thing, but with e-coli and staph germs on the top of the list,,, I think I'll pass.

The staph's already in colonies all over your skin, and you'll get the e-coli from ground beef (take your chances with fast food or other factory-farm meat) unless it's from a safe source and ground in front of you - otherwise - comes grown from veggies close to a factory farm. Apologies in advance for the buzz kill, but let's hear it for strong immune systems from early exposure.

It's only a matter of time!

Fine, call me paranoid.

God bless modern innovation, eh?

reply posted on 21-10-2011 @ 10:29 PM by Praetorius

Originally posted by intergalactic fire
reply to post by Praetorius

Government and politics, i always knew they were $#!%!

All right, your eyes are starting to freak me out - unless you're the blond Christina Ricci-ish (in a very good way, of course!) -looking chick, which seems even stranger.

That said - agreed! And...g'night!

reply posted on 21-10-2011 @ 11:19 PM by ANNED

Don't like public restrooms no problem.

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reply posted on 21-10-2011 @ 11:19 PM by ANNED

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reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 06:47 AM by mamabeth

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I wash my hands about 6 times average just cooking
breakfast in the morning.I spent over half of my life
cooking for a living.You touch a raw egg,you have to
wash your hands.You touch your face,hair or scratch
your tushy,you have to wash your hands.
I am a mama to three,indoor cats.Anything that I do
for them or to them,I have to wash my hands.You can
feel safe eating food that I cook,because I always wash
my hands.
A lot of people DON'T WASH THEIR HANDS.I am going
to protect myself when I use a public bathroom.If that
bathroom has a hand dryer,I'll use it,if they don't,I'll use
paper towels.

So,what do you think people should use to wipe themselves with
after using the bathroom?Maybe dip their fingers into a bowl
of water and then air dry them afterwards?

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reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 07:43 AM by tinker9917

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I"m glad at least some people out there are conscious about germs and cross contamination like I am.

reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 08:37 AM by daryllyn

Eww. Public bathrooms freak me out. Always have.

The restrooms on campus really freak me out. Every time I go in there, someone has peed on the seat. You would think (or hope) that college students would be able to go without making a mess.

Even my 4 year old is capable. Now if we could just get him to put the seat down...

Just some food for thought. No source, but I will find one if anyone wants me too. The population of the bacterial colony within one's digestive tract out-numbers the cells in one's entire body. So, yea. We should be afraid of the bathroom.

Purell, anyone?

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reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 09:05 AM by Suspiria

Hands up ladies...
Who hovers over the seat?

reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 09:33 AM by Toadmund

reply to post by mamabeth

I wash my hands when I get home before I pet my cats. I would wash them anyway.

Now about toilets:
I personally try to avoid producing a #2 on a public toilet, my best moves are produced on my own crapper, because these are the germs I know.

And this is something I will not ever understand, why in places such as McDonalds especially, why, why, why does one push the door to get in and pull to get out?
Seriously, a person washes their hands and gets re-contaminated as they exit the restroom, then go and eat (finger lickin' good!) I use a shirt or minimize contact with the door handle as I exit.
So many restrooms are like this, but some restrooms have no doors at all, which seems to be the trend.

Funny thing is malls and restaurants you push to get out, pull to get in, why are the restrooms push in pull out?
Perhaps when a person has an anal emergency, pushing is quick when something else is pushing hard!

reply posted on 22-10-2011 @ 10:13 AM by Mizzijr

Its always something about a public restroom that just FEELS nasty no matter how clean it may look or smell like you can sense it haha.. I try not to #2 while I'm out so I refrain from eating things outside the house and try to use it before I leave home.

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