Wash your hands in a public toilet and you’re done, right?
Basic hygiene restored… apart perhaps from the fine coating of sewage you’re
now wearing. The fact is that when you flush a toilet, billions of miniscule
microbe-laden water droplets micro-tsunami all over the cubicle walls, the
floor, the toilet roll holder and the toilet seat to boot. What you end up with
is a subtle blend of yours and previous squatters’ germs applied rather like a
perfume atomiser, but with an altogether different take on ‘Eau de Toilette.’
To minimise exposure to pathogens, you need to distance
yourself as far as possible from the flush. If you’re a shepherd caught short,
you’re somewhat better prepared...
