Reply to "About Poop on toilet seat and the health of others."

Scott FMember

If you don't have an infectious disease it's entirely a comfort/cleanliness issue rather than a health issue. Even with an infectious disease the infectious organism generally has to get in a person's mouth to cause an infection. I know this is yucky, and some of you wish you hadn't read this far. In any case, the folks most at risk are those that don't scrub their hands after using the toilet. Just sitting on this stuff or even handling it doesn't cause disease. Young children are much more likely to not wash their hands adequately, but they are still much more at risk from public toilets than from toilets used by just a few people. IMO your current cleanliness measures are quite adequate. If you develop signs of an infection, that's a different story.

9/29/154:42 PM

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