I am currently a respiratory therapist but im going back to school to be eligible for med school. Anyway, in the time ive spent in hospitals and the doctors and medical professionals ive discovered a world wide medical conspiracy. The biggests diseases we encounter today are a result of the suggestions by doctors in the past, for instance, smoking was originally thought to be health, eggs were good for you, DDT should be thrown everywhere, antibiotics advised for everything. We are constantly cleaning and sanatizing our world and the result is that the immune systems of the incomming generations are increasingly weaker and more prone to diseases such as asthma, allergies, flu, infection, any disease you can think of. Whats really interesting is that many of the companies that sell the solutions that disinfect also sell the drugs that cure the diseases that result from weakened immune systems. I think the biggest farce of the past twenty years is that keeping your world cleaner results in less disease, just look at what happened to Jeff Travolta, John Travoltas son. Because John had the carpet cleaned alot when Jeff was younger Jeff developed a disease known as Kawasaki disease, the stagnant water in the carpet caused the disease which eventually caused the siezure which caused his death. I know that these companies arent actually getting people sick intentionally, but they passing off this myth that living in a clean world will make you into a cleaner, healthier person, when alot of evidence points the opposite direction

oh im not really convinced its a conspiracy either, i just know the word brings in people, catches their attention. There is a definite correlation between the cleanliness and the level of certain diseases. Its my contention that there is a cause effect, im writting a thesis on it but thats not gonna be done till my second year of med school because im goiing to use it for residency applications.

[Edited by Sean_H on 1/22/2009 at 11:35 AM]

Hand washing is a very legitimate method of preventing disease control...the issue i have is when instead of putting alcohol in the soap which slightly dries out the hands, instead of putting in the alcohol they put in antibiotics, natural selection makes strong germs resistant to the antibiotics. Our society throws antibiotics into everything, the water, drugs, we over use them strengthening the very diseases we are fighting. This idea of cleaning our world is backwards and eventually a disease will come around that will be uber-deadly because of it.

I agree with the fact that we are overusing meds and antibiotics. I think we still need them. I mean sure it doesn't help the gene pool to keep someone alive who has poor a poor immune system, poor eyesight, medical conditions, etc. but are we going to let them die? no. We still need them but just need to be more selective in when they are used.

The thing people think of as dirty arent too bad for you, your hands can be covered in dirt and oil, gasoline, whatever, its not gonna make you sick, whatll get you is if you shake someones hand then go and eat when ther are germs transferred, other people are the biggest carriers of diseases you'll encounter

Posted by Sean_H

I often wonder why men feel the need to scrub their hands like a doctor going into surgery after simply taking a piss. I know my shlong is clean, considering that is the only thing I just touched while taking said piss. Sorry for the graphic story, but it does seem the world these days is obsessed with cleanliness. I mean what do you do if you are hungry, you have the food in your hands, but you have nowhere to wash them. Will you not eat the damn food? How often have you touched the hand rail of an escalator in a busy mall or subway station, then eaten something afterwards without washing your hands? did you get sick? 

 

[Edited by Sean_H on 1/22/2009 at 11:35 AM]

I read a study once and it is actually more hygienic to wash your hands before taking a leak than bothering to do it afterwards.  Good luck convincing the world that is true though.  People are so set in their ways.

^^Here's the biology student in me coming out. It would be a good idea to wash before especially for a girl (for when they wipe) b/c of their much shorter urethras, it's a lot easier for them to get urinary tract infections. For a guy... unless you hold your dick in a really strange way.... dunno shouldn't cause any problems. Washing your hands after is probably best for getting rid of splashback... although urine isn't the worst thing in the world... still not the kind of thing I'd like to have on a guys hand i'm shaking.
[Edited by BrightEyes13 on 2/12/2009 at 1:15 PM]

[Edited by HATER_PLAYER on 2/12/2009 at 2:14 PM]

Urine is sterile, hell no i dont want to be pissed on, but from a purely hygenic standpoint its better for someone to piss all over you than to be 10 feet away from someone who sneezes. It would be safer to drink piss than drink a beer pong cup...med school sucks, i have all this shit floating through my head all the time...

I've always thought it interesting that while on a camping trip we'll go days without really washing our hands. We prepare meals, eat and drink with the same hands we do everything else with and don't really think about it. I can't say I've ever had friends or myself come down with anything following a trip. 

Frankly, when camping, hand sanitizer gets used more frequently in my camp as a fire starter than a sanitizer.

[edit] ...to correct my terrible, public school sentence structure.


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