This is why I never lend out my iPhone when I visit leper colonies:
An iPhone can get more germ-infested than a toilet in a subway bathroom, according to new research.
In fact, the glass touch screens on mobile devices are so good at spreading viruses that sharing them may be almost as bad as sneezing in someone’s face, a study published in the Journal of Microbial Biology found.
“If you’re sharing the device, then you’re sharing your influenza with someone else who touches it,” Timothy Julian, a Stanford University doctoral student who co-authored the study, told the Sacramento Bee.
“If you put virus on a surface, like an iPhone, about 30 percent of it will get on your fingertips,” Julian said.
I would expect Jonah, the self-confessed germaphobe, to be careful, in a leper colony or outside of it. I thank him for the post---he also pointed out (in a G-File?) that the urine coming from your body is probably the most sanity thing in that commode......the things one learns at NR & NRO!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis would be true, I think, of any phone or hand-held device.
All the more reason to keep My Precious just for me.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThank you for this PSA. I just cleaned my iPhone.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJonah, should I not expect to hear you say, "I've got to hand it to you" after visiting the leper colony?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI wouldn't want to borrow Brett Favre's phone, that's for sure......
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How is the I-phone surface different from, say, the computer keyboard at work, any door handle at work or in a store, surfaces on buses or subways or in carpool vehicles, or in your car after you haul kids to/from school?
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