Excessive sanitisation just makes your body weak for when it has to fight off real threats.
A certain degree of constant exposure to pathogens keeps your body better protected.

Do you clean your phone? We touch toilets, public doors, money, and lots of other things and then put our phones next to our faces. Especially with all the sickness going around this time of year, might want to sanitize it as well as your hands.

Wow, I knew it was dirty but thanks for breaking it down and sharing this!

Especially in flu season,

I try to touch consciously - but I'm not paranoid. And I wash my hands more often than I used to, which seems to keep things under control ... so far.

Oh - and I never use ATMs

Good reason fast food/deli workers who prepare food should not be handling your money.

Just a bit of fun?

I just can't with this topic. It's making my OCD hurt.

OMG! I hate you for revealing this! lol

I just gave 5 minutes ago 300.00 to my sister... let me get it back before she gets sick. She is my mom favorite after all.

A good reason to use debit cards.

Sure, now I have to carry hand sanitizer everywhere.

Think about when you touch the ATM, gas pump, any public doorway... Are you trying to make us all OCD?

Seriously though, you incubated it. Presumably if we don't pick our noses, rub our eyes, or touch our privates before washing our hands, this shouldn't impact us? Right?

Amazing how hard people had to fight just to get the medical community to recognise the importance of handwashing. Honestly we could all do with washing our hands more often than we do.

I feel like I need to go bleach my hands

Oh hell, It is part of life, I am not going to live in a bubble. I see people wiping their shopping carts before entering the store and I ask for WHAT? Why do you feel you are protected from all the objects that have already been touched by others. As a human with a strong spiritual base, I know that it is my immune system that really does the job for me. I live life with the luxuries of today however will never deny my human body is vulnerable and with that I live in this world. Gosh when we had the Ebola break out, many bought isolation suites, locked the doors, and taped their windows, This type of behavior is nuts. Just live a life without fear but with faith that you and your body are one with the world around you.

Ever worked in schools ? Ever had a good look at the school computer keyboard? A real treasure trove of everything falling off kids ... at home I sometimes pull my keyboard apart to give it a thorough clean. But I seem to stay well enough without generally going overboard with sanitation.Just thankful we have water to clean things with! And wash hands, and so on.

Although I am acutely aware of the microbial world around us, I'm not nearly as careful as I should be. I sanitize my hands a lot at work, sure, but I also perform more exams and procedures than I should without gloves. Then I make fun of one of my germophobic coworkers who is constantly in a mask because she's crazy.

whats the point? you can't clean your hands every time you touch something "dirty" being too clean is bad for you. if you go to a toilet and then wash your hands the first trolly you grab will have the same germs on it or the first-handrail or as you say money. your shopping you handle yourself 5-6 times. have I got to clean my hands every time I stroke my dogs? your immune system is far better fighting these germs than avoiding them I think.

I heard that most bills also have -- cocaine, I think it was -- on them. Did you find any of that, or weren't they that kind of test? I suppose it's good that we use less and less cash these days. Thanks for the information. It's fascinating and a good reminder.

I believe ALL of us had the moment when you began coming down with a cold or flu symptoms but we had something imperative to do, such as work, moving etc. The mind sets our priorities and our ability to lessen the impact of the flu truly in minimalized. Or when we are very sick but an emergency calls us to action, we note we can do it. this is what I mean by being too sickly thinking and searching all available remedies or preventions. Our mindset is merely fear and anxiety, wanna get sick share these feelings and you will.

That's why I believe. in solid preventative medicine system of dealing with disease. these things can be seen by the naked eye, and we can't expect everyone to do a swab test. we can really only prepare for dealing with the disease when it happens, and prevent its spread from infected patients.