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[...] In 2013, researchers at Michigan State University carried out a thankless, if mildly creepy, study. They observed how more than 3,500 residents of their college town used the sink at various restrooms after they carried out their business.
Some 10 percent of people observed chose not to wash their hands at all, which is simply not an acceptable way to end a trip to the bathroom. But even the vast majority of people who tried to wash their hands managed to totally flub the proper routine. Almost a quarter of people washed their hands without soap, for instance. And only 5 percent washed their hands for at least 15 seconds or longer, which is actually lower than the 20-second minimum of handwashing recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://gizmodo.com/in-a-world-of-mrsa-and-superfungi-you-need-to-start-wa-1833889953
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 12 2019, @02:27AM (4 children)
I wouldn't worry about the mints. Your keyboard is a whole lot nastier than anything else you'll ever come in contact with unless you have children or are a plumber.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @01:18PM
Maybe. But I don't put my keyboard into my mouth.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @02:48PM (2 children)
For those of us who clean our keyboard once in a while, it is not nasty at all. It only takes a couple minutes to clean, and I'm surprised more people don't do it.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 12 2019, @06:40PM
Yes. Yes, it is. It is in fact worse than your toilet seat. Much worse. Yes, even if you clean it once in a while.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by toddestan on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:08AM
The problem with the keyboard is that it's really hard to properly clean (and have it still work after). Way too many nooks and crevices and inaccessible areas. It's not like a countertop which can wiped down with a strong cleaner easily.
With that said, I'm not too concerned with my keyboard, since it's mostly my germs on it. It's others keyboards and shared workstations that are a bit gross.
I would imaging computer mice would also be just as bad. Especially since so many of them place a seam where the top and bottom parts come together in a location that's pretty much guaranteed to get grime in it. And the less that's said about the mouse wheel the better.