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"I wonder if the one-time sale can be "resold" through snogging?" - Phil MacAvity
by fsckboy 3y ago
"I wonder if the one-time sale can be "resold" through snogging?" - Phil MacAvity
- totetsu 3y agoProbiotic kissing booth?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWell, why not? Compared to fecal matter transplants, which are already a thing, tickets to a kissing booth will sell out like hot cakes. (Can I pay for a monthly pass up front? It's for medical purposes!)
- klyrs 3y ago> Well, why not? Herpes. And other viruses, probably, but one incurable STI (KTI?) is all the reason I need to say hell no.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoBut in terms of competing with fecal matter transplants - are there no diseases that could be transmitted between... the backends?
- klyrs 3y agoCrucially, the recipient cannot infect the donor in, let's say, the accepted method of fecal transplantation.
- Fomite 3y agoFMT was the topic of my dissertation. Donor stool is heavily screened, and there's pushes both to use the patient's own stool where possible, or creating synthetic stool that is pathogen free.