Are you being funny by equating “sexual contact= contact sports”? If so, as I pointed out, Herpes can & is spread by non-sexual contact.
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"The findings suggested that Type 2 herpes infection could spread among longterm prison populations, and it is postulated that this may be due to both homosexual contact, and also by non-sexual contact, either directly or via fomites. "
“…as HSV-1 is well documented to spread by close but non-sexual contact.”
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 are common infections worldwide. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the cause of most genital herpes and is almost always sexually transmitted. In contrast, HSV-1 is usually transmitted during childhood via nonsexual contacts. Preexisting HSV-1 antibodies can alleviate clinical manifestations of subsequently acquired HSV-2. Furthermore, HSV-1 has become an important cause of genital herpes in some developed countries. "
But, if you really mean *“sports” * then I am going to have to ask for a cite. :dubious: Perhaps this was an attempt at a “joke”? :rolleyes:
Besides shudder butt warmth, some people seem to think that the toilet seat is a feces display shelf. Even if it looks clean, I’ll use the paper liners, thanks.
Moving over to people’s personal bathrooms…I hate those thick, padded toilet seats that squish when you sit on them. What’s the purpose – is it a toilet by Barcalounger or something?
Herpes Simplex XXXVII (one of the newer mutations) not only can live up to 49 hours on a toilet seat and can jump half a meter, but it also taunts you.
[falsetto]
Ha! I’m on you! You’re infected! And you didn’t even have any fun!
[/falsetto]
Thanks everybody, I’ve learned two things from this thread. One, that you can acutally catch nasty stuff from a toliet seat (thanks DrDeth) and two that I think that I might want to change my user name to Residual Butt Warmth or some carition there of.
It’s not just the warmth. It’s the whole mental image of someone sitting there long enough to warm it through to the point where it would hold the heat. Then, if they’re there THAT long, you know there was a lot going on. Then you get more mental images…it snowballs into a big squickfest that I just don’t need rattling around in my brain. No good can come of it.
It’s possibly soiled and warm. The combination of which is preferred by the HSV strains. That and just thinking about it: butt sweat; warm butt sweat; someones eles butt sweat; somebody else warm and sticky HSV infected butt sweat. Get the picture.
Actually, the door-handle is likely to be more germy than the toilet seat. The seat gets cleaned daily, but the door-handle goes for weeks without any cleaning. I was a janitor for a few years, and I never saw my co-workers disinfect a door handle. They cleaned the sinks and toilets every day, and they mopped the floor with disinfectant, but not the door handles.
One of the most bacteria-rich things you’ll touch in a week is the handle of a grocery cart. That’s why some stores now have sani-wipes next to the carts.
As far as skin-to-surface worries, you’re much more likely to catch a cold or the flu than any STD. It’s your hands, not your butt, that is the likely portal. You shake hands or touch a surface, and then you touch your eyes, mouth, or nose without thinking about it. :smack: Bingo, you’ve got the flu.
I realize that thier are many objects more likely to pass on a problem than a toliet seat, butt I beleive that we have shown here that they are not the pristine surfaces that some would like to think. We have have of course been considering public facilities and as noted they get cleaned on a regular basis. I actuallly have more of a problem when over at a single males (or shudder, a multiple male) home and need to go. Some guys are just plain pigs when it comes to the bathroom and actually seem to take pride in that what dosen’t kill them makes them stronger. :smack: I’ve actually excused myself and went down to McDonalds a couple of times over the years because it was the better option at the time. :eek:
Is a butt cold even a possibility? When someone farts do you say “Gesundheit?” Can you get the butt flu? Would they vaccinate you in your head? Wow, the Hong Kong Butt Flu just sounds too nasty to contemplate.
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
Oh God I probably got the gonnocacacaca
Why does it why does it why does it why does it
Hurt when I pee?
If so, as I pointed out, Herpes can & is spread by non-sexual contact.
