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What I want to know is how many people "surgically" scrub their bottoms before going into a pool or spa? And how many people really get their bottoms "that" clean with a quick shower especially if they don't have a hand held shower to thoroughly rinse. (Bacteria grow on soap bars.) How many people scrub with personal wipes after #1 and #2, in addition to wiping? How many people surgically scrub under nails after #2? You can skip this one if you wear exam gloves when you go. I know someone who always uses them... hint... he lives in my house. (He washes his delicate hands at work so much that he uses exam gloves for many things around the house.)
How many people close the lids on toilets when they flush? According to "Britain's Queens of Clean" (BBC program "How Clean is Your House") bacteria can be thrown out of the commode when flushing. How many people remember to only use the "clean" hand when flushing? (Many men, mostly, don't wash their hands after #1 and most flush after. What is on that flush handle? What's on the sink faucet handles (anywhere about the house) too???
How many people wash their hands in public restrooms and then use the door handle, without barrier between handle and hand, to open and leave the bathroom? Blech
What's on those faucet handles in public rest rooms?
How many people shake hands with people, even those you "know" and then fail to sanitize their hands (for what sanitizing wipes, gels, and sprays are worth)? How many people carry sanitizing products into a restaurant to clean hands, and sometimes table, before dining? Think about all those public surfaces you've touched before you pick up that nice dinner roll. I see parents, in restaurants, all the time putting hand food on tables for their young ones to munch on. What about all those nasty surfaces on the chair; seat, arm rest, child high chair and adult chairs??
How many people handle money or touch surfaces in public places and then don't "sanitize" their hands; before eating, touching eyes or mucos membranes, biting nails? You get the picture.
How many people sanitize their floors daily (or more?) after being outside in ones own yard, in public places, parks, malls, office, sidewalks, buses, trains, etc? How many people do bacterial test on their shoes and pet's feet to see what is carried into a house? How many people do a really good disinfecting wipe down of the "baby seat" area in shopping carts that are notorious for high counts of bacteria from leaky diapers, etc? How many people scrub down the shopping cart handles and their hands before using a shopping cart at food market? How many people disinfect their food product containers before putting them on the food prep counter or in the fridge? Where do people put their shopping bags, en transport to home, and where do they usually put them before unloading them in the kitchen?
How many people reuse towels, cloths, sponges, in the kitchen, without disinfecting them after each use? How many people change out their dish towels, at least once daily?
How many people put their shoes on their furniture?
How many people set their bags, briefcases, purses, backpacks, etc., on floors of public places and then set them on the kitchen counter or dining table?
How many people pick up anything from a floor and place it on the counter near where food is prepared and then don't disinfect the surface and surrounding areas several times a day. (Many residential kitchens have more bacteria and kinds of than many residential bathrooms.)
How many people have carpeting in their homes? Carpets are nasty and it is very hard to sanitize them.
Unless one lives in an area devoid of wildlife, especially birds, a lot of bacteria carried by dust goes into pools and spas, even from bird poop. Humans, even freshly washed ones, carry a lot of bacteria into pools and spas although most humans won't have parasites.
How many people have cats? Many carry all kinds of bacteria on their feet and can go just about anywhere they want in the house. How many people kiss their pets on the face or let them lick you. And just how does a dog and cat clean themselves? Does your pet get on furniture, your bed, sit in your lap? If you feed them from dishes that you might use are they thoroughly disinfected before you use them?
How many people have cat litter boxes in or near their kitchens?
On and on........
To me healthy-dog poop is one of the least offencive things that puts bacteria into my environment. I'd much rather have my dogs poop in my pool than most humans. Shoot, if your dog ever gets into the water or drinks from your pool, with than "nasty" tongue, there's probably a lot of fecal material being deposited in the pool from both ends.
Just some things to think about.
gg=alice
and yet, we've all survived.
) Prior to that, and possibly during that episode, we had a dog returned to us, one of my Mastiff puppies, and one of the best, in all ways, produced from my breeding program, that had skin lesions almost totally covering him, several different bacterial infection going on at the same time, and systemic. We treated the poor boy for almost a year, incurring thousands of dollars in Vet bills. We couldn't get him cured so we had to finally "send him on". Most resistant was the pseudomonas, very resistant to antibiotics, and often surviving in biofilms. See this: 
