Whether the environment is the home, the job, or the outdoors, it is infested with disease causing bacteria, fungi, viruses and allergens. These pathogens are looking for a host habitat to occupy. Human hands come in contact with hundreds of surfaces daily, including other hands, and items that have been touched by other hands. These hands may or may not have been washed prior to contact with other hands. We now know that germs don t fly.
Germs hitchhike under and around the fingernails, where normal hand washing fails to reach.
This process is part of human nature. We cannot alter it. Over 12,500 times each year, individual s fingertips come in contact with their eyes and nose. 12,500 times each year we auto-inoculate ourselves with germs, allergens, environmental toxins and viruses. The immune system should be able to effectively fight these diseases.