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Fair enough. However, it is possible that the microbiome that results from showering could be more deadly than the one that results from not showering - its not
by ufo 12y ago
Fair enough. However, it is possible that the microbiome that results from showering could be more deadly than the one that results from not showering - its not only a matter of how many bacteria there are but also what kind of bacteria they are.
- pinko 12y agoThis is the key point many people miss. Assuming a basic level of sanitation, less faecal contamination (there is never zero) + less bacterial competition may be worse in practice than more faecal contamination + more bacterial competition. The key advance in urban human sanitation, as I understand it, was not the use of surfectants so much as getting the open sewers off of the streets. But I am not an expert on such things. I'd be grateful to be corrected by anyone who is.