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"Dr_Dickie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Mick R." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Dr_Dickie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > "DZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > > spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote:
> > > > > DZ wrote:
> > > > >> At public places like gyms the faucets probably accumulate higher
> and
> > > > >> more diverse concentration of germs than your unwashed hands.
That
> > is,
> > > > >> unless you're already sick.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, but after wiping your ****, it's a good idea to wash your
> hands,
> > > > > dude... Remind me to wear gloves if we ever shake hands :p
> > > >
> > > > I adhere to social norms and wash my hands while compromising
chances
> > > > of staying away from the flu. Come to think of it, it's a good idea
to
> > > > disinfect the hands *before* going to the toilet.
> > > >
> > > > DZ
> > >
> > > The rule is: biologist's wash their hands afterwards, chemist's wash
> their
> > > hands before, and engineer's don't see the point!
> > > A leason this chemist learned one day cutting habaneros for
> chilie....WOW!
> > >
> > I take it that you didn't put on any soft music and lower the lights
> before
> > that encounter.
> >
> > I found Dencorub to be just as bad. Methyl Salicilate ... not good
> >
> > --
> > Mick R.
> >
>
> No no, you don't understand, I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of
> cutting the habs!!! Ouch.
>
Oh I understand far too well I'm afraid.

I made the same mistake when applying "Deep Heat" to a strained hamstring
some years back.
I know "ouch" all too well.

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In article <[email protected]>,
DZ <[email protected]> wrote:
>Usenet Posting <[email protected]> wrote:

>> My advice is to never touch your head with your hands unless you have
>> washed them immediately prior (including under the nails.)
>
>Do you think flu viruses breed under the nails?

Why not? Everything else does.

Seth
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In article <[email protected]>,
spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote:
>DZ wrote:

>> Don't they put the bugs back in when they touch the faucet handles to
>> turn down the water?
>
>Not unless the 'handles' are perfect spheres. Most have ridges or bumps:
>you press one side to twist the tap on, and you press the other side
>when twisting the tap off. That said, we're probably going to be
>changing the kitchen and bathroom taps over to mini versions of the
>paddle handles that you see in hospitals and doctors' offices. Better to
>be safe with me.

Why not get the kind with foot pedals they have in hospitals? Now
_those_ are hygienic.

Seth
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Seth Breidbart wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote:
>
>>DZ wrote:
>
>
>>>Don't they put the bugs back in when they touch the faucet handles to
>>>turn down the water?
>>
>>Not unless the 'handles' are perfect spheres. Most have ridges or bumps:
>>you press one side to twist the tap on, and you press the other side
>>when twisting the tap off. That said, we're probably going to be
>>changing the kitchen and bathroom taps over to mini versions of the
>>paddle handles that you see in hospitals and doctors' offices. Better to
>>be safe with me.
>
>
> Why not get the kind with foot pedals they have in hospitals? Now
> _those_ are hygienic.
>
> Seth

I was looking at one of those the other day in a plumbing trade store.

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"DZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dr_Dickie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "DZ" wrote
> >> >> I adhere to social norms and wash my hands while compromising
chances
> >> >> of staying away from the flu. Come to think of it, it's a good idea
to
> >> >> disinfect the hands *before* going to the toilet.
> >> >
> >> > The rule is: biologist's wash their hands afterwards,
> >>
> >> Being both a biologist and a statistician or either one of them
> >> depending on the situation - I agree that biologists are more
> >> considerate than others. But that's the only reason. There won't be
> >> more *infectious* germs on the hands "after" compared to "before".
> >> Maybe some tapeworm eggs if you had too much sushi.
> >
> > If you are doing number one, I agree (likely to get more bugs on your
hands
> > from the door handle after washing brings them all to the surface);
however,
> > considering that 0.33% of feces is considered to be bacteria (e. coli
> > mostly) and bacterial material (dead ones too). You would have to be a
very
> > careful wiper after nuber 2 to leave the loo with same as you entered!
>
> Doctor: Usual strains of E.coli are part of the "flora" in the gut as
> well as in the mouth. Not that I'm suggesting anything. But in an
> unlikely event that a person is already infected with a pathogenic
> strain - he will spread it from just about any orifice.

Who said anything about pathogenic. Of course E. coli are part of the normal
'flora" that's the point. If you are not a careful wiper after 2, your hands
increase in E. coli (they are not a large part of the normal flora of
hands-- S. epidermidis or S. aureus)
 
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