Germs

Uh,I'm not going around in a surgical mask or wearing latex gloves,and I think all those "anti-bacterial" wipes and detergents are a scam-but I DO wash my hands several times a day,especially before eating or preparing food.

Meh, I've been given shots for everything at one point or another. My body is a freaky germ killing science experiment thanks to all those stupid needles the guberment put in me.

quit being a wimp

not anal but like a clean enviornment....mess is ok but funk will gross me out

I wash my hands a lot, i like things saniary..unless im camping or something then who cares

spiders

just wash your hands after you go to the bathroom damn it!

no unless you are a total slob and things are growing.....

im a cleaning freak

If someone is sick I take precaution not to be!

Germs are everywhere. You should do reasonable things to avoid them like washing your hands, etc., but you can't waste all of your time trying not to get sick.

. . .and other micro-organisms that are working hard to end your life are really scary. Humans (as a collective consciousness) have so little regard or actual understanding of them and yet they are (mathematically) the most probable means of our destruction. We do not lord over the animals or beasts- germs and viruses lord over us. . .

I try not to think about this one too much because obviously germs are everywhere and they are inescapable. But when I stop and think about them, it definitely does freak me out a little bit. I try to use antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers when I know I'm in public areas. There are a lot of unsanitary people out there who don't wash their hands after they use the bathroom, etc., so you just don't know what you could be touching - ew

Germs are all over us, in us, on us, inside of us. You can never get read of them - take all the showers and baths, soak yourself in iodide or alcohol, they will still be there. I don't enjoy them, but I know that they still be there...

The least of my worries.

Not something I am afraid of, if anything, I am more grossed off then anything.

My problem with fear of germs did not develop until i got older. I always wash my hands frequently. I see people that are older than me that don't wash their hands after bathrooming and it makes me sick. These people could be putting their hands in your Doritos bag. Ewww! I used to make my nephew wash his hands after bathrooming. He probably will thank me someday.

There's nothing wrong with having a healthy respect for bacteria. I cook a lot with raw chicken, and you better believe that I 409 anything that even looked at the raw meat. Most household germs are not dangerous however. Those that wash their hands in anti-bacterial soap 20 times a day are just narrowing their exposure and making themselves more prone to catch colds via the air.

There are germs and bacteria all around (and all over) us. It pays to be prudent with respect to basic sanitation measures (i.e., wash your hands, refrigerate your food properly, cook it properly, etc.). What I am a bit concerned about are microbes and bacilli that we don't have any natural defenses against (i.e., the latest being the possibility of the avian flu virus - is that a germ?).

I assume this would be refering to the germs that can get people sick. But as long as my hands are washed frequently, it's something I don't worry about.

A lot of germs are beneficial. With US society's focus on cleanliness, I wonder if lack of germs is becoming more problematic than in the past, at least in terms of health and increasing ineffectiveness of the human immunity system.

Yes, I hate getting sick from germs.