"-L." > wrote in message
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>
> Peter Aitken wrote:
>> AARRGGHH!! The cooties are going to get you!
>
> Um, yes they are - cooties are responsible for 100% of communicable
> diseases in humans.
>
>>Those same people pick up items
>> from the shelves and put them back - are you going to disinfect every
> item
>> you buy?
>
> Nope, but I pick items that appear not to have been opened or tampered
> with.
>
>>How about the pen they give you to sign your receipt at the
>> register.
>
> Use my own pen.
>
>>AARRGGHH, cooties! Ot the cash in your wallet - who knows what
>> filthy people have handled that?
>
> We get rid of filthy bills ASAP and request new ones from the bank when
> we withdrawl cash.
>
>>And when you give your credit card to
>> someone at the store - god only knows which fatal lethal germs they
> have on
>> their hands. BOIL THE CREDIT CARD!
>
> Don't use credit cards.
>
>> And when you travel by air, who knows
>> what plague-infested poeple handle your luggage, so you should
> certainly
>> irradiate the suitcase handles before you touch them.
>
> Nope, a simple sanitary wipe does the trick.
>
>>Shake hands with
>> someone? God forbid - it might kill you!
>
> Avoid it at all costs.
>
>>Push an elevator button - call the
>> morgue!
>
> Let someone else do it for us.
>
>>
>> I hope you get my point. The world is full of germs and once in a
> while they
>> make you sick.
>
> Once in a while, they make people die, too.
>
>>Fussing about shopping cart handles makes no difference and
>> wastes your time and energy.
>
> Maybe your's but not mine. Shopping cart handles are probably one of
> the biggest sources of third-party transmission of disease/sickness
> that one could encounter in society. You have:
>
> Saliva, snot and other secretia from children and adults.
> Feces and urine from those who do not know how to wash their hands
> after toileting.
> Possibly blood and/or pus from humans.
> Blood and feces from meat animals.
> Manure from mushrooms and organic produce.
> Pesticide residues from produce.
> Avian feces from the carts being left outside.
> The list goes on and on...
>

Wow, the fact that you even came up with this list is a good indicator of
how obsessive you are. You really are worried about cooties!

>> If you want to waste it that is your business,
>> but do not be surprised when more knowledgeable people find it silly.
>
> I was a molecular biologist for years and have extensive training in
> microbiology including but not limited to invertebrate zoology, soil
> microbiology and endemic micro.

Whoop de do. Sounds the same as the classic case of a medical student
worrying about every disease he learns about. Well, it's your time.


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Peter Aitken

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