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[–] itsALWAYStheBANKERS 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah. Saying that all staphylococcus can cause sepsis is absurd. They CAN cause it but it's a 10*(-)50 probability of it

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[–] SavedbyJCfromRSA_MK 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

I went from being alarmed by the article to being calmed down by your reasoning that dug deeper. It's hard to grasp that most issues are more complex than we want life to be. Thank you.

Even so, I'm going to try using my knuckles on the next cash machine. Getting creeped out about germs, it's hard for us humans to forget. Our skin houses some 800 interactive bacteria species, on a good day. Most are providing beneficial services of which we know very little. Our gut has lots more going on than we want to even think about. Their cells inside and out, outnumber "our" cells.

The researcher has done us all a service in raising awareness. This infection vector goes from screen to mouth in a minute. The science explanation was too simplistic, when isn't it? For E coli, I read it takes about 10,000 cells to cause an infection, one isn't enough.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Not saying you should eat at McDonalds' either, I don't. But not because the food isn't clean, I just expect that of restaurants.

Even so, I'm going to try using my knuckles on the next cash machine.

Probably not a bad idea. Here's another one, cough into the crook of your elbow, not your hand. That way you don't spread as many germs.

For E coli, I read it takes about 10,000 cells to cause an infection, one isn't enough.

It's all a numbers game. Same goes for most illnesses, viruses, cancer, parasites etc.

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[–] terren ago 

That's what elbows are designed for.

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[–] ardvarcus 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

cough into the crook of your elbow, not your hand. That way you don't spread as many germs.

My germs are free-reange. When I cough, I release them into the wild to fend for themselves.

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[–] whitesilk 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

Go ahead and lick the touchscreen in McDonalds then.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Sure, no problem. Give me $250,000.

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[–] Justice_Will_Prevail 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

How 'bout just a coupon for a free Big Mac?

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[–] Vc83 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

I understand what you mean. But people literally walk out of the bathroom after doing a shit without washing hands. I see it all the time. There is most probably even actual shit on the screens haha

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[–] noob_tube ago 

Who gets shit on their hands when pooping? How does that happen?

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[–] Tsilent_Tsunami 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Indians and moslems make a practice of it, and probably some other 'cultures' too. They use the left hand to wipe, so there's a huge stigma around anything to do with the left hand.

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[–] Vc83 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Shit gets in and under fingernails. Also, it's time you know that Indians and Muslims often whipe their ass with a bottle of water and their hands. Look it up.

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[–] Ranlent 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Muslims do not use toilet paper to clean themselves , they use their Left Hand 🤢 as for others they have got to be Sloppy & Gross .

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[–] itsALWAYStheBANKERS 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Many diseases exist thru the oral/fecal route.

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[–] arsefaggot 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

"people"

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

That's true, but they don't just do that in mcdonalds, they do it everywhere else too. Mcdonalds isn't special.

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[–] McHammered111 ago 

Indeed. There's not a whole lot of overlap between people who are hygienic and people who eat McDonald's. It's the Walmart of fast food.

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[–] maaaxheadroom ago 

It’s the fast food IN Walmart