Germs and You

[paasi]

Having actually grown bacteria in lab conditions, I can say that it's not that out of control.

This does not however mean that all those micro-organisms are lethal or even irritating.
Most of those encountered on a daily basis are members of the Coccus or Bacillus family and relatively harmless or beneficial.
If you enter a toilet you are instantly exposed to a million billion poop-bacteria and it doesn't kill you. E.coli is a bacterium that is found in the human colon among other places and only a few rarer genomes of it are pathogenic (disease causing).

Terminating all bacteria, or reducing their quantity significantly, from our enviroment would jeopardize our immune system and resistance to forms of bacteria. Excess cleanliness is something to avoid.

If you have a child, fart in her face and expose her to a nuclear blast of bacteria.
No vaccine could ever hope to beat a natural immunity.

 

[Eldarion]

That is very, very thick. It's a grain of knowledge that has been seized upon to build up an entire bullshit idea.

In any case, the toilet, when flushed, sprays millions of tiny water droplets all over the bathroom containing urine, faeces etc. So, basically everything in your bathroom is covered in bacteria. And that includes the toothbrushes. Err, I just realised... I've been rambling a bit so let me cut this short: We manage fine defending against bacteria everyday without the need of health & safety things like that. [sub/]I need some sleep...[/sub]

PUT THE LID DOWN.

That is all.

 

[Gxas]

A bit of dirt never hurt anybody.

Truer words have rarely ever been spoken.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Taking a sanitation course for your purposes makes no sense at all.

There are a great number of completely irrelevant units I've been enrolled in by default. ICT Key Skills and Improve Own Learning beaing two of the most useless.

I also remember something, the school I've been placed in went on a trip to the zoo. They worse Surgical Masks when we went into the chimp enclosure.

 

[Julianking93]

I hate all this bullshit about how we're so exposed to germs all the time and how we're all gonna die if we don't use germ-x hand sanitizer located at your local Wal Mart for only 3 dollars a bottle.

We're just fine with bacteria. We've survived plenty of outbreaks before and we can do it again. The human body is an amazing thing that can handle a lot of shit thrown at it.

I myself haven't been sick in over 4 years and I don't do half of the germ safety rules you're supposed to follow.

 

[Pingieking]

We are oversanitizing society.
On a side note, I think the educational authority figures are extremely creul. Children can't drink, but we hand them alcoholic hand sanitizers (which are not extremely harmful when consumed, aside from the extremely high alcohol concentrations).

 

[titanium turtle]

fuck health and safety

 

[Disaster Button]

Humans are actually weakening their immune systems by over-sanitising their living areas. Alergies are on the rise in the western world, natural immunties down.

A bit of dirt never hurt anybody.

This is the truth.

What always freaks me out is when I'm reminded that my bed has more dust mites in it than there are people on the planet.

 

[UltraParanoia]

Germs are good for you. I have a stronger immune system than anyone I know, and I have done some filthy shit in my life.

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

GERMS!? WHERE?! AAAAHHHHH!!!

 

[Soxafloppin]

Im all for showering, washing hands, brushing teeth and everything else you can do to mantain good hygene.

But im faily sure i dont need any help washing my hands.

 

[Killer Rabbit]

Humans are actually weakening their immune systems by over-sanitising their living areas. Alergies are on the rise in the western world, natural immunties down.

A bit of dirt never hurt anybody.

This.

I mean obviously if you sneeze try and catch it in a tissue, but if you were raised in a completely sterile environment, you would not do very well in the real world.

Humans lived for 250,000 years if germs are as bad as they say now, we would already be dead.
Another reason all this hoopla after germs is bad is because natural selection applies to germs as well. Some germs are somewhat immune to soaps and such. Then they bred a stronger generation and so on so on until we have germs 100% immune to our stuff. So while washing yourself is needed to be healthy, you are only harming yourselfs by thinking every germ is going to cut our throat and make our skin into puppets.

 

[vivadelkitty]

HEAR ME NOW, GEEERMS! PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR DESTRUCTION!

Ahem...OT...yeah, this seems amazingly over-protective. We can't coddle children every minute of their goddamn lives. Life is about risk, not living in a sanitary rubber room where your only toys are sterilized pieces of paper.

 

[Fraeir]

I wipe my butt with my hands and EAT WITH THEM afterwards! >8U

Anyway, seriously, best way it's ever been put: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s
Enough said 8D