Keyboards Are Disgusting

fredr1k writes " A test carried out by Pegasus Lab on account for Swedish magazine PC För alla showed that a normal PC keyboard was infected by more bacteria than a normal toilet seat. More specific it contained 33000 bacteria per square centimeter, compared to 130 on a ordinary toilet seat. The tests also showed occurrence of up to 3100 fungi per square centimeter." Also note that unless you read Swedish, you still have plausible deniability when asked to windex yours.

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Re:Germs vs Risk

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I wish I had mod points to give to you. When the media yells about antiseptics breeding super-bugs Now With Extra Resistance this is what they don't understand. It's possible (and probable, given evolutionary pressure) that bacteria will become resistant to drugs that just barely kill them, like antibiotics. It's much less likely that they'll become resistant to blowtorches or bleach. They're not very intelligently designed, are they?