> There’s no question printed or minted currency is grubby and kind of gross (paper banknotes, studies demonstrate, can be covered in everything from E. coli to

> There’s no question printed or minted currency is grubby and kind of gross (paper banknotes, studies demonstrate, can be covered in everything from E. coli to fecal matter). What's with this compulsive obsession with hygiene? Our own bodies contain about 3 times more microbes than human cells [1]. The air we breath is full of microbes, pollen and spores (not to mention the chemical pollutants nobody seems to care about). Any surface we touch - door handles, pieces of paper, keyboard keys, sofas, etc. - is full of microbes. Just saying... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome