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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The New York Times answers a question parents have been asking -- how to safely use the bathroom (with kids) when you are out of the house:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/parenting/public-toilets-virus-kids.html?algo=identity&fellback=false&imp_id=789706534&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage

(This is a public service. Although I'll be honest, a "toilet seat cover" seems a bridge too far!!)[/quote]

Why is a toilet seat cover a bridge too far? They're referring to the flushable paper covers that are often in dispensers inside public toilet stalls. They're not talking about some device you'd have to carry around with you and disinfect later. I think maybe you're thinking of the portable, plastic, foldable toilet seat toppers that parents sometimes carry around when in public, so the "hole" isn't so big for very young toddlers who are still toilet training--? Those are a pain, but not what the article means.

I know posters here often don't like the paper seat covers for themselves, much less for their kids, and say that they don't do much. But I think the article's trying to say, use them as another barrier between a young child's grabby hands and the seat surface itself. [/quote]

I know what they mean. I don't think the paper covers do anything; IMO they actually just contribute to more health problems as people do not dispose of them properly. Sometimes they just leave them on the seat for the next person to deal with. Which is gross.[/quote]

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