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I have something interesting to say..
I have something interesting to add- a few years ago in my microbiology course our professor gave us an assignment to swab anything we wanted to see what grew the most bacteria. I swabbed the door handle in a public restroom, another person swabbed their ring finger & ring, someone else swabbed a shopping cart, another the handle to their tooth brush.
The finger grew the most, tooth brush second, then the shopping cart, and finally the restroom handle.
I was shocked, I thought for sure I would win by growing the most- and someone who said they wash their hands at least 20 times a day (she worked in the hospital as a CNA) had WAY more bacteria on their hands.
I'm not freaked out by germs- I know my kids will make mud pies and eat them, they will pick candy up off the floor at school and eat it, yes I will try my best to keep them clean and healthy but you can't go overboard with it. And if I choose not to use a shopping cart, I am not ignorant.. I am not a bad mother or neglectful- it's just my decision not to use one.
And yes, I am sure I am beating a dead horse.. oh well.
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Re: I have something interesting to say..
And if I choose not to use a shopping cart, I am not ignorant.. I am not a bad mother or neglectful- it's just my decision not to use one.
Cue all the "And if *I* choose to protect my baby from e.coli, it's my decision. YOU don't have to protect YOUR baby from hideous, disfiguring, fatal illness if YOU don't want. But I'm not being self-righteous!" responses.
I agree with you, fwiw. It just isn't a big deal to me.
fvck, mckenna, couldn't you have just posted this in the 124 reply long thread???
j/k I heart you.
Good point.
I read that using a shopping cart cover actually carries more of those yucky germs back to your house with you.
I couldn't bring myself to scrolling all the way down there! Andplusalso.. people would never read it & then all of you would have no idea how filthy your little ring finger really is!!
I am chopping off my ring finger! Pardon me if my typing goes downhill.
We actually did a similar project in micro one year. We swabbed different places of the bathroom.
The first stall was the nastiest. The sink handles grew the most though. Sooo gross.
::dies::
I think the tooth brush growing more bacteria than the bathroom handle is SICK! ...and interesting
I actually don't find the hand swab being the highest to be all that surprising. Why do you think hospitals require you to deliver if your water has been broken for 24+ hours? Because of the risk of infection. You have a higher chance of getting an infection in a hospital than you do in your own home. But yet hospitals are covered with hand sanitizers on every corner.
The name TamponMary itself is to die for.
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LMAO! DO IT NOW!
But I guess since the ring finger grew the most bacteria, how are you going to side-step that one?
I don't side-step.
I also don't freak about germs.