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[lizzief]

This thread is cracking me up, I'm not feeling well and needed a laugh! I have to say I never thought about pens, but I will now! I don't touch the magazines in doctors offices because I figure they've been sitting there forever and full of germs from people who came in with who knows what - but pens? Good idea, though there was a bit TMI - "germs" would have sufficed to get the point across!

[Cakers1]

[scotttie]

On 4/11/2015 brii said:

On 4/11/2015 Cakers1 said:

On 4/11/2015 Penellope said:

You're toast soon as you walk into a rest room stall and lock the stall door with your bare hand. People touch that lock right after they wipe themselves. I use TP to touch everything, after throwing out the first few prices of TP off the roll. Have you ever seen TP in a public rest room with wet fingerprints on it?

I won't even use a public bathroom. Unless we are on the road travelling; and even then I would prefer a hazmat suit to enter one.

I can't even tell you the last time I used a public restroom. I just cannot make myself go in one.

Me too! It has to be a total emergency....like yesterday...

[minkbunny]

What an odd thread.

First of all, I always have my own pen because I prefer to write with a good pen when filling out a document. My husband has his favorite pen clipped to his checkbook.

As far as not touching things, when one eats out they touch the outer/inner door to the restaurant, shake hands with the owner or greeter if they know them well (in our case often hug them) then the seat/booth they are sitting in, probably the table, the menu, the salt and pepper grinders, oil/vinegar cruets or other condiment containers, etc. - not to mention the probably germ laden food from the servers. Heaven forbid they should need to use the restroom

Worry about all of this is so silly unless one is so immune compromised that they should avoid the public as much as possible.

Would I go out of the way to handle fecal material from a stranger signing up for Ocare insurance? Uh, no. Would I worry about it incessantly? Uh, probably not. And, at least he warned you, OP, so you knew not to shake hands

As far as the mechanic not using the seat belt in the vehicle, one would assume he used the door handle and the steering wheel.

I just live my life and realized that we are surrounded - just do our best and carry on!

I remember the expose where it said almost every single theatre arm/seat was contaminated with fecal matter.

So, pass the popcorn please and enjoy the show !

ETA. My grandparents had an outhouse and both lived well into their 90s....

[brii]

On 4/11/2015 Cakers1 said:

Omg

hilarious

[scotttie]

Minky, that's what hand sanitizer is for. I am aware of all those situations and so try to minimize exposure.

Recommendations for not catching the flu are the same as for those who don't want someone else's fecal matter ....well you get the point.

Catching the flu is not something I want even without a compromised immune system.

[minkbunny]

I agree, scottie. The frist thing my husband says when walking back from the restroom if we are out is - Purel? Always have a mini one in my purse and in the truck and in my work desk, etc. But, we were also told by the infectious disease control specialist brought up from Atlanta last year when my husband was so ill - people are going overboard.

From Web MD

When antibacterial agents are present, the bacteria that are naturally present in our bodies tend to change in order to adapt to their presence. They do this in attempt to survive the antibiotics and escape being destroyed. While some of these bacteria do successfully escape and survive, others die off from the antibiotic. The ones that make it end up becoming even stronger, now that they have mutated into sturdier bacteria ( sometimes call “superbugs”). These resistant strains of bacteria then multiply in numbers, which can become problematic when someone truly is ill and needs a prescribed antibiotic to work. Antibacterial soaps and sanitizers come into play because the overuse of them may trigger this phenomenon to occur.

[scotttie]

On 4/11/2015 minkbunny said:

I agree, scottie. The frist thing my husband says when walking back from the restroom if we are out is - Purel? Always have a mini one in my purse and in the truck and in my work desk, etc. But, we were also told by the infectious disease control physical brought up from Atlanta last year when my husband was so ill - people are going overboard.

From Web MD

When antibacterial agents are present, the bacteria that are naturally present in our bodies tend to change in order to adapt to their presence. They do this in attempt to survive the antibiotics and escape being destroyed. While some of these bacteria do successfully escape and survive, others die off from the antibiotic. The ones that make it end up becoming even stronger, now that they have mutated into sturdier bacteria ( sometimes call “superbugs”). These resistant strains of bacteria then multiply in numbers, which can become problematic when someone truly is ill and needs a prescribed antibiotic to work. Antibacterial soaps and sanitizers come into play because the overuse of them may trigger this phenomenon to occur.

That's why they are taking the antibiotics out of these products. There is nothing at all wrong with the alcohol based.

[minkbunny]

[goodstuff]

We all live in a world full of germs. We build up immunity to most of them, and we can minimize the possibility of catching something nasty by reasonable practices of handwashing, keeping our distance from obviously sick people, covering coughs and sneezes, keeping our hands out of our nose/mouth area, etc. I've made it to my mid 60's in reasonably good health........and I don't plan to live my life in surgical gloves. Live a day, take some chances.