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  TechnologyExpert1 year, 6 months ago

  Ah yes, but so do steering wheels. Or something like that :-)

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    mesodude1 year, 6 months ago

    But unless you''re talking rental vehicles, it's gonna be mostly your own germs involved.

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  cfinke1 year, 6 months ago

  So do the ice machines in restaurants, as well as keyboards and computer mice. It all depends on what types of germs they are - I doubt that anybody is taking a leak on shopping cart handles.

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    mesodude1 year, 6 months ago

    "I doubt that anybody is taking a leak on shopping cart handles."

    Well, I wouldn't be too sure about that...Think of all the diapered baby bottoms being swung over the shopping cart handles daily as they are plopped into the baby seat (where you temporarily stash that "handful" of unwashed grapes I saw you pinch from the produce section. Hey, I've seen it all...lol

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  Formidable1 year, 6 months ago

  I guess I would want to know how many cases of serious illness can be attributed to shopping cart handles. I have volunteered at our VA hospital and they recommend washing ones hands frequently. I also believe that some exposure has the positive effect of developing a broader based immune system.

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  mamasan1 year, 6 months ago

  hahahah!!! Oh NO!!!!

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  LABELDUDE1 year, 6 months ago

  I always lick the little shopping cart seat and handle before touching it. I'm told that this prevents Global Warming as well as removing germs.

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  1voice1 year, 6 months ago

  a normal healthy person will not be affected, a young child, senior adult or someone whose immune system is comprised could have problems. A normal healthy child will build antibodies to what he or she is exposed to and in the process may or may not become ili, but will NOT die. It depends on what kind of bacteria and virus are present. We as a species have been rolling around the mud for eons. Only the strong survive..... get over it....

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  brothers1 year, 6 months ago

  There are germs everywhere. On the books in book stores or anything you pick up in the food store on the shelves. Everywhere. I have seen people sneeze the boxes containing food in the food store and didn't think anything of it. They just didn't seem to care. How would you fix that??? I suppose you can't unless everyone have gloves and masks on. Then you would have to wash the boxes and everything else you bought when it gets home. Better still, educate people around the clock until it sticks into their brains.

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  mesodude1 year, 6 months ago

  The grocery store is unique in that there aren't many places where one is likely to come into contact with such a broad spectrum of contaminants, meat, seafood, dairy, conveyer belt sides, produce lots of small children. And let's not even start on what lands on shopping carts that are kept *outdoors*....eek

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  LABELDUDE1 year, 6 months ago

  Most of us, it seems, believe that there is not too much danger from a little bitty virus. After all, ya' cain't see 'em, can you?

  All this fuss about immigrants bringing in exotic diseases. Foolishness. I've never heard a single soul complain about having got Ebola.

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  endofdays1 year, 6 months ago

  Has anyone else ever wondered why their shopping cart handle tasted so bad?

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  Disulfate1 year, 6 months ago

  Just think about it...when you cough or sneeze you putyour hand over mouth/nose. Then you grab the handle on the

  shopping cart once again. Pick your nose then grab the

  handle with hopes something will drop off. Sound sickening?

  That is why the first thing I do after putting things in

  the car...is go back in the store and wash my hands. Yes,

  it's a lot of trouble, I just don't want to touch the

  steering wheel or gear shifter after the handle on that

  shopping cart.

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  Papiann1 year, 6 months ago

  So what? Germs are ubiquitous. Normal people have immune systems. Your grandmother, like Julia Child, probably dropped Sunday dinner on the kitchen floor more than once, not a recommended procedure, but you never noticed.

  If you want to wash your hands after touching EVERYTHING that somebody else has touched, go for it. Keep in mind, though, that that is usually considered to be a mental disorder.

  And this gets us another nanny government law?

  Gimme a break!

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  LABELDUDE1 year, 6 months ago

  "Normal people have immune systems." The 1917 Flu Pandemic was able to over-come 50,000,000 immune systems.

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