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I would avoid it just because of all of the various fingers that have touched it before me.
by burgerzzz 7y ago
I would avoid it just because of all of the various fingers that have touched it before me.
- noobiemcfoob 7y agoYou mean...like the doorknobs?
- jacobolus 7y agoIf you make doorknobs out of brass, they might still get poop on them, but many types of bacteria and viruses can’t survive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_co... Maybe we can start making public touchscreens out of brass...
- noobiemcfoob 7y agoOk, but most doorknobs aren't brass.
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- johnisgood 7y agoHow many doorknobs do you typically touch outside of your home a day? Most doors here are automatic. Plus, I would be reluctant to use someone else's keyboard at work, even.
- noobiemcfoob 7y agoBut...why? Do you have an autoimmune disorder? Generally find yourself especially vulnerable to the errant bug? How do you feel when you breath in someone's fart? You're a walking bag of mud expressing discomfort at other bits of mud in the world. One bit in a million might be annoying. One in a billion actually painful.
- arthurfm 7y agoI don't like touching the screens either. https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/28/poo-found-on-every-mcdonalds-touchscreen-tested-8178486/ https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/28/poo-found-on-every-mcdonalds-... Traces of faeces have been found on every single McDonald’s touchscreen swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the new machines that have been rolled out at restaurants across the country – every one of them had coliforms. Senior lecturer in microbiology at London Metropolitan University Dr Paul Matewele said: ‘We were all surprised how much gut and faecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines. These cause the kind of infections that people pick up in hospitals.
- marcins 7y ago> Traces of faeces have been found on every single McDonald’s touchscreen swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the new machines that have been rolled out at restaurants across the country – every one of them had coliforms. Did they swab the food bags and food that came out as well? Poo particles are probably everywhere.
- creato 7y agoI think I've heard this ("there's poop on it") about everything. Keyboards, doorknobs, kitchen sinks, toothbrushes, etc. Either it's simply not true, or it is true and it doesn't matter.
- carlmr 7y agoI think it's true, but you have an immune system that makes this largely irrelevant.
- nitwit005 7y agoIsn't this the result whenever someone investigates any surface people touch? Not everyone washes their hands, but everyone poops. The result is sadly predictable.
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- toomanybeersies 7y agoWhat about the money in your wallet, and the change returned to you when you pay? None of it is hygienic.