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If you covered yourself in spit would that be sanitary?
by kevin_thibedeau 6mo ago
If you covered yourself in spit would that be sanitary?
- jjtheblunt 6mo agoyou just made me wonder if the fact we sweat serves a similar purpose as your spit covering example. (i don't know, but you triggered a thought!)
- imp0cat 6mo agoNope, it's evaporative cooling (like a swamp cooler) for your body.
- jjtheblunt 6mo agothat's only the famous part of the story, though. here's what i was thinking...presence of protein lysing enzymes in sweat as a protective mechanism. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874391917300064 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187439191...
- jjtheblunt 6mo agocheck this out: it's super interesting, even the air is full of genetic material https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01099-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01099-2