A few things come to mind when I read this article. First of all - does this mean it is a sham that handwashing is so firmly placed on the top of disease-prevention strategies? Or is it just handwashing with blow-driers that has fallen from grace? If what it says in this article is true (how much bacteria is flying all over the place in a restroom, hand drier or none?) and truly a problem (do we get sick from the stuff they are detecting?) - having poopie bacteria blowing all over the place might be pretty easy to fix by using old-fashioned towels. But then again I have been hearing recently about how over-sanitization is making us under-resistent to *life* in all its dirty charm. Are we the boy in the bubble, scrubbing everything clean, pouring concrete over everything, walling ourselves off from the earth and sky with windows and drywall and steel... Why are so many people pooing in one little room? Aren't we meant to wander off and dig a hole, or eat only that which can return safely to the humus and compost our feces? Why do we go into a tiled room and all together poop in our drinking water? When do we get to have a big, rich flow with the diversity of the bacteria of the earth? When are we on our knees in organic humus, or up to our knees in living salty brine, finding or growing our food? How often is the wind in our face? And if the answer is "never" - how much sicker are we for it?
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