* Touchscreen bacteria

[TheVTCGuy]

I want to post on this thread but am scared to touch my Ipad screen.

[AzPaul]

Hope any potential alien invaders out there don't read this thread.

[Swiss Mad!]

God gave us an immune system for a reason !

Too much anti bacterial sprays and wipes etc aren't doing us any favours as a species and in some ways are actually a bad thing if over subscribed!

We need a certain amount of bad bacteria in our bodies in order for it to produce anti bodies etc to help us fight off infection naturally.

Having said that I'm not suggesting licking a public restroom door handle in order to help build up our immune systems, but you know what I mean..

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[dubins930]

Originally Posted by Swiss Mad!

God gave us an immune system for a reason !

Too much anti bacterial sprays and wipes etc aren't doing us any favours as a species and in some ways are actually a bad thing if over subscribed!

We need a certain amount of bad bacteria in our bodies in order for it to produce anti bodies etc to help us fight off infection naturally.

Having said that I'm not suggesting licking a public restroom door handle in order to help build up our immune systems, but you know what I mean..

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This ^... you have trillions of bacteria on and inside you... good/bad... Whatever is on that touch screen is on your body somewhere already
I also enjoyed how they make “staphylococcus” sound like the next plauge.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by Swiss Mad!

God gave us an immune system for a reason !

Too much anti bacterial sprays and wipes etc aren't doing us any favours as a species and in some ways are actually a bad thing if over subscribed!

We need a certain amount of bad bacteria in our bodies in order for it to produce anti bodies etc to help us fight off infection naturally.

Having said that I'm not suggesting licking a public restroom door handle in order to help build up our immune systems, but you know what I mean..

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Yep ! It’s not like *most* normal healthy people are getting sick all the time from this stuff.

Evolution has done a good job building immunity.

What is actually concerning though is the growing trend of some people not immunising their kids as many severe and virtually wiped out diseases (in the western world) are making a rabid comeback.

[Ian Macdermott]

Originally Posted by Swiss Mad!

God gave us an immune system for a reason !

Too much anti bacterial sprays and wipes etc aren't doing us any favours as a species and in some ways are actually a bad thing if over subscribed!

We need a certain amount of bad bacteria in our bodies in order for it to produce anti bodies etc to help us fight off infection naturally.

Having said that I'm not suggesting licking a public restroom door handle in order to help build up our immune systems, but you know what I mean..

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An injection of sanity. Otherwise we will all end up like Howard Hughes.

[Swiss Mad!]

Originally Posted by Ian Macdermott

An injection of sanity. Otherwise we will all end up like Howard Hughes.

Cheers

Obviously I'm all for cleanliness but the way some people faff about constantly bleaching & wiping surfaces and squirting hand sanitizer about like it's going out of fashion, you'd think there's been a sudden out break of bubonic plague..!

My old granny used to say..'this house is clean enough to be healthy & dirty enough to be happy..' and then give me a cheeky wink...

I never picked up on the significance of the cheeky wink when I was a nipper, but the penny just dropped...

Omg granny you cheeky little monkey!




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[Razorsedge1]

Uggh. I am OCD enough as it is.

[GED]

Originally Posted by BBL

Advocating for hand cleanliness...

Bacteria is everywhere....

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/28/poo-f...ested-8178486/

"There is no doubt that bacteria were the first life-forms and that they are with us today. But to say that they are still around because they were brave survivors would be a gross understatement. They happen to be the most numerous inhabitants of Earth. .....There are more bacterial cells inside each human organism than there are human cells in that same organism. The difference is staggering, by a factor of 10. In the human gut alone, there are usually around 100 trillion cells, counting all types.

This huge[evolutionary]success has its reasons. Bacteria are very intelligent creatures; that is the only way of saying it, even if their intelligence is not being guided by a mind with feelings, intentions, and a conscious point of view.

They[bacteria]can sense the conditions of their environment and react in ways advantageous to the continuation of their lives. They can communicate among themselves-no words, it is true, but the molecules with which they signal speak volumes.

Historically, the world of bacteria-cells without nuclei, known as prokaryotes-was followed, about 2 billion years later, by the far more complicated world of nucleated cells, or eukaryotes. Multicellular organisms, or metazoans, came next, 700 to 600 million years ago...."

-Antonio Damasio from The Strange Order of Things (Kindle edition)

[BNA/LION]

Yep! It must be expected that public touchscreens have all kinds of bacteria and on them.

All one can do is wash your hands often throughout the day and limit touching things in public whenever you can.

[hdrazor251]

Once upon a time we had public telephones and we survived.