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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Bugs are everywhere. If you want to sanitize everything you ever touch in public or other people have touched, you'll go insane in no time. Germophobia (pathological fear of contamination and germs) is a real disorder and many people suffer from it. Actually you do yourself a disservice by excessive disinfecting, because the less used you are to various germs, the more susceptible you'll be to various infections.
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I'd happily eat a handful of dirt over other people's virus-infected mucus. Sensible epidemic precautions don't mean living in a sterile environment.
The goal with social distancing and hygiene techniques is to flatten the curve so that healthcare systems don't get overwhelmed by enormous numbers being infected at once. Your individual chance of needing a ventilated bed might be low, but if you're the patient zero for your community because you failed to wash your hands and cover your coughs (or you went out and shook a thousand hands in a row), you may well be responsible for others needing them.