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To touch or not to touch?

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A friend of mine had a major eye infection and couldn’t trace its origin until realizing, the only way he could have gotten it was somewhere when he went shopping. Of course…
The shopping cart handles.
Imagine a trip through the aisles… how many times the person will touch the cart. And how hygiene-oriented do you think the average shopper is?

The truth is, shopping cart handles do not get sanitized… or rather: Rarely. It is something any shopping center must do. I have never had major eye infections, but several minor ones. And there are many more areas in life you can get them from.

If you use a public restroom, do not turn off the water after washing your hands. If it is an old fashioned faucet with handles. Those handles are the first thing everyone touches after using the toilet. They of course usually get cleaned, but not nearly enough to keep you from getting all sorts of feces and bacteria after washing your hands. And if you then exit the restroom area and touch a door handle to do so, you make sure you also get the bacteria from the nastier ones not bothering to even wash their hands at all.

And then of course there is cash which we hear about so much, we tend to ignore its hazard. Use your debit card. It’s 2018.

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3 Comments

  1. Rachel D Lang December 2, 2018

    Good point about the faucets. I’ll use a paper towel to turn the water off from now on if the water doesn’t shut off on it’s own.

    • Mike DammannAuthor December 3, 2018

      Definitely better than leaving the water running, which I did once though because there were no paper towels and the bathroom was disgusting. I stressed where to get something to protect myself from the germs and then figured… screw them. My health comes first. I think that in addition, there are many places that should be wiped down regularly. Even our steering wheels. You figure, that whenever throughout the day you had come in contact with anything bacterial, it will probably stay on there for a while.

  2. mikenzy December 3, 2018

    Good advice but even better photos!!!!!

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