Honestly, do you really think the damn hand sanitzer makes a difference?

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Anonymous wrote:This is the poster who claimed to be a germ nerd. I use Purell on the occasions that we visit a petting zoo. Or, when I've had to blow my charge's nose during his class. It's too difficult to get our shoes on and out of the class to wash and I'd rather not spread cold germs to the other kids and possibly their infant or immune-compromised siblings.

Purell's uses are limited.

Pshaw. You're just a nanny which means you're from Brazil. Now I know that you're just spewing foreign science. Everyone knows that Brazil is known for their plastic surgeons, not for their immunology smarts.

Oh please! Don't stop posting!!! You're getting funnier by the minute and I really need the laugh!

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I 100% agree that we should use plain old soap & water, but really purell does kill the germs, it doesn't "stun" them. By removing the "protein" (heh) the germ cannot multiply or infect the host. They can't wake up without that protein. Without that protein they can't function, it would be like removing your brain... I guess you could still be alive but you'd certainly not be able to function.

I wonder if purell would be good at removing protein stains from my teenage boys t-shirts? Endless uses that Purell...

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Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree that we should use plain old soap & water, but really purell does kill the germs, it doesn't "stun" them. By removing the "protein" (heh) the germ cannot multiply or infect the host. They can't wake up without that protein. Without that protein they can't function, it would be like removing your brain... I guess you could still be alive but you'd certainly not be able to function.

I wonder if purell would be good at removing protein stains from my teenage boys t-shirts? Endless uses that Purell...

If Purell just stunned there would be germs everywhere saying, "don't Purell me bro."

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I wonder if purell would be good at removing protein stains from my teenage boys t-shirts? Endless uses that Purell...

Probably cheaper to buy them each a box of tissues and tell them to stop using their t-shirts, no?

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I know! Very big brother. Or is it viral marketing?!

Well played, my friend. Well played. 8)

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Anonymous wrote:I think this has been my all time favorite thread.

ITA! It is up there with Frizzy Boob Hair.

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Anonymous wrote:After spending a few agonizing hours with my control freak, and major germaphobe sister in-law and her sanitized, ultra scrubbed, porcelain doll children. I wonder if all that alcohol based hand sanitizer she squirts all over her kids and her 45 year old husband really prevents any diseases at home. They are always sick, I mean way more than my kids. I never use hand sanitizer. I hate the smell, and a soap and water are usually available. I don't like anything you don't rinse off. That seems unsanitary to me. There have been times when I have use sanitizer, like at a petting zoo, or at a farmer's market or such. My sister in law lines up her kids and ultra-emasculated husband and squirts the shit on their hands like they are in school! But like I said, who is always sick?

Are you talking about your brother or your husband's brother? It's kind of rude of you.

What difference does it make?

what a stupid response

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Anonymous wrote:After spending a few agonizing hours with my control freak, and major germaphobe sister in-law and her sanitized, ultra scrubbed, porcelain doll children. I wonder if all that alcohol based hand sanitizer she squirts all over her kids and her 45 year old husband really prevents any diseases at home. They are always sick, I mean way more than my kids. I never use hand sanitizer. I hate the smell, and a soap and water are usually available. I don't like anything you don't rinse off. That seems unsanitary to me. There have been times when I have use sanitizer, like at a petting zoo, or at a farmer's market or such. My sister in law lines up her kids and ultra-emasculated husband and squirts the shit on their hands like they are in school! But like I said, who is always sick?

Are you talking about your brother or your husband's brother? It's kind of rude of you.

What difference does it make?

what a stupid response

If you must know, it is my husband's sister's husband. It might sound harsh, but the man can't take a piss without her permission. And that is not exaggeration.

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"If you must know, it is my husband's sister's husband. It might sound harsh, but the man can't take a piss without her permission. And that is not exaggeration. "

I need a diagram.

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Are the purell police monitoring the forum tho? cos that seems like a lot of official purell position posting...

I know! Very big brother. Or is it viral marketing?!

LOL! Hilarious!

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is this you too, OP?

No!!!! Actually, I am SO NOT a germophobe at all, but I feel like I should be more vigilant for my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, Purell is alcohol so it just paralyzes the bugs for a while. Now if she's scrubbing them down with the hospital strength stuff then it's serious.

IT KILLS, IT DOES NOT PARALYZE. Stop posting that bs.


Stop posting this, it is not true. Purell couldn't advertise that they kill 99.99% of germs if it weren't true. That is false advertising.

Read this - http://www.slate.com/id/2245896/ The reason Purell is a farce is because most flu and cold germs travel through the air, not spread through touching or hand contact.

But we need to be realistic about what Purell can do to fight flu in the home and in public. To begin, the influenza virus mostly spreads via tiny droplets in the air (for example, from sneezes)—not by dirty hands or surfaces—which limits the role of Purell. It probably wouldn't matter even if flu transferred though hand contact, which is how most cold viruses spread. Though Purell kills them in the lab, hand sanitizers don't stop their spread in the real world. The average child touches his or her mouth and nose every three minutes, and both adults and children come in contact with as many as 30 different objects every minute. Even hospitals can't get staff to use Purell before seeing patients; it's impossible for day care staff, parents, or teachers to wash a child's hands 20 times each hour.

No, it stuns them. Then later, the bugs wake up all "whuh wha happened? Where am I? And why do I have a tattoo of an amoeba on my capsid? " Then after stumbling a while, one of the other viruses come over and says "whoa dude, you don't look good." "STOP SHOUTING!!!" "'Kay, bro. You're totally hung over, man. The only way through this is if you suck it up and get your ass into a host cell and start replicating". And that's how you get infected by a virus stunned by hand sanitizer.

That is the single most hilarious post EVER on DCUM. Can you post a science explanation say, once a week, and educate us all?