Bearded men carry 'more germs than dogs', study finds

[Xprimentyl]

You likely would not want to eat with a fork that had been rinsed to make it smell good leaving the food residue on the fork from yesterdays meal.

Oh, I don't use a fork to eat. I just rub food in my beard and wait for it to crawl towards my mouth.

I was never a fan of the full-on mountain man beard, but between learning they?re little more than dangling petri dishes and this imagery, every hair on my body is officially a suspect; I?m fixin? to take a Lady Bic to myself like an angsty, 15-year-old goth girl. So long, pubic dreadlocks!! I barely knew ye!!

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Healthy people get sick all the time from bacteria, viruses, fungi... you do not even need a compromised immune system to become ill from salmonella, why do you think healthy people come down with " food poisoning" all the time?

They wouldn't necessarily be able to track it back to a beard, they would record it as "foodborne" unless they specifically tested the persons beard, which is highly unlikely. They usually do not even find how someone became infected, they more often than not just treat the symptoms unless they have reason to believe there was widespread contamination involved that needed a recall, then they may come back and ask questions later, and not about beards. LOL

Hell we don't even keep track of whether or not a patient even has a beard the vast majority of the time. Then again, maybe after this study they will have reason to.

I never claimed contaminated food isn't harmful to people, I only claimed that transmission of salmonella through someone's beard is so extremely unlikely it isn't even relevant. It's a completely bogus prejudice and I don't even have a beard. Also you have yet to cite me a source that proves otherwise. For your convenience here is a small study done that shows bearded men have actually less bacteria on their face than clean shaven ones.

https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2018/june/whats-in-your-beard

IF they actually properly clean them, as I already stated repeatedly above and the quote you were initially addressing, thus why I was stressing the importance of scrubbing the beard and not just rinsing it. There are far more things thy are likely to transmit through a beard than salmonella, especially considering when they kiss another human and how frequently they actually touch their beard. I have seen people touching their beard while handling food without even thinking about it.

https://katu.com/news/local/sick-a-lot-your-beard-may-be-to-blame-11-20-2015
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-a-beard-be-bad-for-your-health/
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/the-nasty-things-you-didnt-realize-could-be-lurking-in-your-beard-or-choice-of-facial-hair/
https://wstale.com/sport/karel-poborsky-the-former-manchester-united-winger-contracted-lyme-disease-after-getting-a-tick-stuck-in-his-beard/

 

[TheIronRuler]

I like seasonal beards. Prepare for winter, get hairy, then remove when the sun comes out. You can let your skin heal if it got damaged and you won't get it itchy or drenched during summer.

Besides, most women don't like beards. I get credit with the boys, but it puts off some people.

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

Explain this: If beards are so bad...



...Why does Santa have one?

Checkmate, antihairists.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Explain this: If beards are so bad...

[SNIPPED OUT GIANT SCARY PICTURE ( to not frighten the children even further)]

...Why does Santa have one?

Checkmate, antihairists.

He has a beard to scare little children. There is ample photo evidence showing this to not be a good thing.

 

[Pseudonym]

Oh noes, the germs. Just wash yourself, eat healthy and the beard won't make a dent in your health.

 

[Chewster]

Don't care. I can grow a beard which I'm told is a blessing and given the quality of beard I've seen many men grow, I'm inclined to agree. Plus I've had a full one for damn near ten years and some variation of one since I was sixteen. Plus plus when I shave, I look like a weird baby. Double plus plus, I'm lazy.

Fun fact: my first full beard was grown out of spite. At some summer job I had between first and second year, I worked with this nitwit that used to brag about the weed-eaten misery he had growing on his face so I stopped styling my facial hair and let it go and two week later, he was no longer bragging. Before that, I'd motly done the Lincoln or some kind of chin goatee.

 

[Here Comes Tomorrow]

Here's what I know, I started growing my beard out when I moved and shave like once a year, not been ill in about 7 years. Not even a cold.

Obviously my beard is filtering out harmful shit. Beard protecc.

 

[RaikuFA]

Of course they are. Dogs are the cleanest, nicest creatures in existence.