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LinnaeaBorealis -> RE: No touch soap dispensers (9/19/2011 12:56:39 PM)
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I'm old enough that I remember how we avoided illnesses. We got exposed to germs & our immune system took over. When my daughter was a baby, I would take her to the park & let her crawl all over the ground & let her touch anything she wanted. The first time she got sick was after we moved to a different part of the state, when she was 6 years old. She got really sick!! Since she'd never been sick before, it scared the livin' crap out of me & her!!
I don't use the anti-bacterial soaps. I don't even use the anti-bacterial ointments unless there's actually a sign of an infection. I rarely, rarely get sick. I have a most wonderful immune system. And I believe it's because I've exposed it to all sorts of germs. The other day, I came down with a sore throat & felt feverish & achy. I'd been with a friend whose daughter had a bad cold that had lasted over a week. It lasted less than 24 hours for me.
I used to work with a bunch of other women & the flu & other viruses would run through the staff. They'd be calling in sick for days & come back still sick. I'd cover extra shifts & then I might feel a little tired & "off" one day. I'd realize that was my version of whatever everyone else was sick with for days.
There are some studies that link our germ phobias to these severe allergies that so many kids have today. When I was growing up, I'd never even heard of anyone being allergic to peanuts. And actually, there were very few people who had any kind of allergy at all. Now I hardly meet anyone who doesn't have some sort of allergy. I have none, except that Demerol once gave me hives.
I'm even apparently immune to e. coli. I eat my hamburgers rare & never get sick from them. If one isn't exposed to bacteria, one will never become immune to them. That's what our bodies were designed to do. And now we've decided that's not effective & it's creating more problems than it's fixing.
If it works, don't fix it!!
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