I have always said that the anti-bacterial stuff was bad. Soap on it's own is anti-bacterial, but doesn't kill everything. The germ-a-phobes are always spraying the air, their hands, and other stuff with the anti-bacterial stuff and seem to get sick all the time. Like stated above it's like the immune system goes into hibernation mode.
I did general contracting and landscaping when I was younger. Didn't always have a place to wash your hands before eating or having a cig. Just pour some water on your hands to wash the dirt off (wouldn't kill germs) but everyone seemed to get sick less than the folks who were germ-a-phobes with the hand sanitizers.
It's like those guys that handle the poisonous snakes. Being exposed to little bits of poison over time they can survive being bit and getting a bit dose.
At least for me when I start running a fever I let it run for a day or two. Most people go running for a bottle of aspirin to reduce the fever. That's the worst thing to do (unless it is a high fever), a fever is the body's natural way of fighting off an infection.
I did general contracting and landscaping when I was younger. Didn't always have a place to wash your hands before eating or having a cig. Just pour some water on your hands to wash the dirt off (wouldn't kill germs) but everyone seemed to get sick less than the folks who were germ-a-phobes with the hand sanitizers.
It's like those guys that handle the poisonous snakes. Being exposed to little bits of poison over time they can survive being bit and getting a bit dose.
At least for me when I start running a fever I let it run for a day or two. Most people go running for a bottle of aspirin to reduce the fever. That's the worst thing to do (unless it is a high fever), a fever is the body's natural way of fighting off an infection.