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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless the MIL comes out of the bathroom with brown-stained hands, I don't see the need to bleach the path from the bathroom to the kitchen sink.

You are exposed to particulate fecal matter every day. You touch it all the time and you have no idea when or where. It's in your house, it's on every door handle, it's at the grocery store, it's at the movie theater. Most of the time, we don't get sick because we have strong immune systems to take care of that. Yes, you can get sick from someone who's been sick. The good news is that you can actively assess the health of your mother in law. If only we could do the same for the last guy who touched the 5 dollar bill you just received as change.[/quote]

OK, here's what. ONE of you "it's OK for her to touch the bathroom door handle and kitchen sink faucet with unwashed hands, as long as there's no visible pee or poop" needs to answer this question:

THEN WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO WASH HER HANDS AT ALL?

If she's going to touch some surfaces with dirty hands, and that's OK, then why not others? So you think it's fine for her to touch the bathroom door handle and the kitchen sink handle with dirty hands. WHY STOP THERE? Why not get a drink of water on her way from the bathroom to the kitchen sink, and touch the cabinets and the fridge to do so? Why not run her hands along the kitchen island to keep her balance? Why not just skip washing and go play trucks with Little Billy?
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She has to wash her hands to be polite and because her hostess is a neurotic wreck. If she didn't wash her hands, nobody would get sick from it. Shocking, but true.[/quote]

Oh, so we don't have to wash our hands now, and no one will get sick from it? Thanks, Internet Guy. I'll definitely listen to YOU instead of, oh, I don't know, the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/index.html[/quote]

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