Microbes And Creepy Crawlies
I’m an hour away from wrapping up a ten hour day at work, and I’m starving. I’m about to tuck in to a turkey sandwich that my wonderful wife made for me last night when I noticed it. Actually, I’ve seen it before, but I’ve never really paid it much mind:
What are the .01% of germs that hand sanitizers are unable to erradicate? If my body is infested with these rarified microbes, should I be worried? And, more importantly, if .01% of bacterium are able to survive the onslaught of medical grade hand sanitizers, are we somehow empowering a germ that’s become resistant to antibacerials? If internal bugs have grown resistant over time to antibiotics, have external bugs done the same, and in the process grown stronger and more adapt at making us ill?
I mean, I’m trying to be realistic here. I don’t expect Johnson & Johnson to come up with a product that neutralizes the Hanta virus, Anthrax spores, or Ebola. I’d just like to know which common, ordinary germs that ordinary people would ordinarily encounter are included in the .01% statistic. Call me curious.
Or, am I simply focusing on the innocuous, and I should just shut up and eat my sandwich already?
