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> the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, concluding that instead, details “point compellingly to hand-to-mouth transmission.” Put more simply: The aff
by Descon 9y ago
> the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, concluding that instead, details “point compellingly to hand-to-mouth transmission.” Put more simply: The afflicted campers failed to properly wash their hands after using the bathroom.
- Turing_Machine 9y agoYou don't get giardiasis from "failing to wash your hands after using the bathroom". You get it from drinking water contaminated with animal feces. There is absolutely no doubt about this. That doesn't even make sense, if you think about it. The only way to be exposed to one of these diseases from your own feces would be if you already had the disease. Washing your hands can help prevent infections from spreading to others, certainly, but your own gut microflora is extremely unlikely to pose a threat to you personall.
- dragonwriter 9y agoHand-to-mouth can be from touching things in the environment contaminsted with animal feces without washing properly before, e.g., eating. It doesn't have to be your own feces.