Bet the Republicans are going to change the law to increase the risk of this. They love spreading diseases.
I wish we could have a community for science and not political bashing. Like, I get it, but it would be nice if you actually contributed to the conversation.
Where’s your constructive contribution to the conversation? Be the change you want to see.
Anyway, this is a matter of US policy and thus it makes sense to discuss the issues of US policy. Republicans making laws that increase the likelihood of diseases is a fact.
I understand your point. And you are correct. But, there some wiggle room here because this is a regional problem only, in only a few countries, and that is caused by lax laws for food handling and preparation.
Very few serious replies here, so I’ll try one …
I wonder if wearing gloves during food prep is the answer.
Stay with me here
- most infections are caused by by basic hygiene, scratching your hoo haw with hands that have touched other things, including other parts of your body.
- you touch raw meat as part of food prep (and women do most of the cooking)
- it’s well known and adopted that you need to wash your hands after touching raw meat, which ought to help prevent
- fingernails. Slime from raw meat also gets under your fingernails and most of us do not wash that well.
We have a series of observations leading to germs under fingernails after handling uncooked food as a possible disease vector. If it is a significant vector, how do you prevent it? I doubt people will start washing hands to that level of detail, but you already have a lot of cooks wearing latex gloves during food prep which should prevent it in the first place
Sadly it won’t help much if at all (that is why they are not required in professional kitchens per se)- people still touch things they should not and then touch these things ungloved.
There sadly are various studies proving this.
Bummer
Just go vegetarian.
Unironically, that might be the way. I used to have UTIs like every few months and now that I think about it, I haven’t had one since going vegan in January.
- Don’t put dirty objects up your hoohah
- Men: Wash your gentlemen bits (and your butthole/crack) every day; two or three times if needed
As an Italian I wonder: how do you manage that, not to say do it comfortably, without a bidet?
Either via the shower, or using sanitary wipes (e.g. Dude Wipes) when a shower is not available. In a pinch, a wet paper towel will help too.
Seriously. Sex is already dirty, help your partner by maintaining your hygiene. But seriously wash any raw meat you buy or butcher, and be careful of who cooks your food.
Edit: People assuming I don’t keep a clean kitchen and that I wash raw meat under a running faucet.
obvious joke :
be careful to not contaminate your “meat”
For a very brief period in 2020, men properly washed their hands. By 2025, barely 5% do, as before 2020.
/ball-washing intensifies/
