Signs you're a germophobe
Has all the H1N1 flu talk got you buying Purell by the gallon and wishing you could live in a bubble for the next few months? Well, relax. You can't avoid all germs even if you want to, and for most of us most of the time, our bodies do a great job fending off microscopic evildoers.
Still fretting? Here we rank germ-avoiding behaviors from sensible to over-the-top (stop flushing public toilets with your foot!), with comments from two experts: Rex Archer, director of the Kansas City Health Department, and Nina Shik, director of nursing practice and clinical excellence at the University of Kansas Hospital.
--Tim Engle, McClatchy-Tribune News
Still fretting? Here we rank germ-avoiding behaviors from sensible to over-the-top (stop flushing public toilets with your foot!), with comments from two experts: Rex Archer, director of the Kansas City Health Department, and Nina Shik, director of nursing practice and clinical excellence at the University of Kansas Hospital.
--Tim Engle, McClatchy-Tribune News
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Gym equipment
You re-spray and wipe down gym equipment, even if the person before you should have already done it. "You can't assume that person has done it or done it thoroughly," Archer says.
RATING: Sensible. |
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