Why You Should Wipe Shopping Carts 🦠

This experiment shows why you should always wipe down your shopping carts.
After testing samples from a dirty and wiped shopping cart at Target, this scientist shows us all the bacteria that grew on n the dirty handle.
#shorts #bacteria #shoppingcart #washyourhands #dirty

[@Traci59]

I don’t know how we survived pay phones back in the day. 😂

[@krislink1761]

Because our immune systems aren't made out of snowflakes

[@seanhardaway8965]

Better immune systems back then. You know when everyone wasn’t a bitch about everything

[@kuttmowf]

Bro jus said it. Everyone is a big bitch in today's time.

[@gal2727]

@@seanhardaway8965… Exactly!

[@a.mp.m7340]

​@@seanhardaway8965😂true

[@stevebaker2624]

Your immune system needs to fight off something lol

[@jeanedarc]

Absolutely, sometimes people act as if we haven't coexisted with all kinds of microbes. Plus in societies that over disinfects have been associated with higher autoimmune issues 🫤

[@fredbearpostsfnaf9314]

@jeanedarc You’re so wrong, it’s sad. Japan is the cleanest country and it doesn’t have strong correlations with autoimmune disorders. Disinfectants haven’t existed that long. You’re clearly lying. Also, just because all the people with autoimmune disorders in filthy countries die, doesn’t mean they have better immune systems. I disinfect everything and don’t get sick when sitting by my sick sister that keeps touching gross stuff. All your doing is making your immune system work harder and less effective against other infections. Keep coping with your filth. Lmao

[@fredbearpostsfnaf9314]

You’re*

[@Themanofthehouse-ww7nn]

@@fredbearpostsfnaf9314 Actually, he was correct with using Your. Smart guy.

[@rswisher09]

Born in 1970. No wipes, drank from a water hose, made mud pies and ate candy from the ground. Nothing was gluten free or vegetarian. It made us stronger, not sick.

[@user-rk7it2dw8t]

And food was real back then and wasn't completely full of pesticides and other chemicals. We also didn't live through a pandemic back then. The worst we had to deal with was the whole neighborhood deliberately catching chicken pox during the summer to get it over with. It was not the same in any way shape or form. Also that hose taste in the water was chemicals leeching off of the hoses. It wasn't clean magic tasting water, we were poisoning ourselves.

[@andrewwiggen4434]

George Carlin approves your massage 😂

[@robertprior94]

You forgot chewing and eating your finger nails when we were kids...75 model by the way

[@sandracarli1110]

Well, stents and other stuff were invented for a reason.

[@rswisher09]

@@sandracarli1110 Yeah, weak coddled people.

[@Im.k.m.aka.kalaashnikov]

He didn't wait for the cleaner to dry 😭

[@larswilms8275]

Yes. It is during the evaporation of the ethanol that the most killing of the bacteria occurs. The ethanol vapeur enters the bacteria easier than the liquid. In the lab we wait for about a minute after wiping to start working on a disinfected surface.

[@Im.k.m.aka.kalaashnikov]

@@larswilms8275 that's pretty interesting tho!

[@superoffended6737]

Liberals don't care about details.🤫

[@simonegodwin7449]

It still made it clean

[@Im.k.m.aka.kalaashnikov]

@@simonegodwin7449 that's good

[@YeshuaSaves5500]

Its all about building an immune system. When i was a kid we all touched shopping carts and payphones and hand holds on the bus and there was no hand sanitizer to protect us. We got along just fine.

[@stevenlongstreth5491]

You should check menu's and gas station hose handles.

[@robertg9334]

I have gas pump gloves cause diesel stinks forever and a day

[@DeadlyVoltsHD]

I swear nobody thought of that during covid I always was cautious in high traffic areas

[@kristinagoodwin186]

😮😮😮😮😮😅​@@robertg9334

[@martinverner7390]

​@@DeadlyVoltsHDnah I was a gas station worker during that circus. I wiped everything down periodically or if I knew the customer lol

[@lee4847]

​@DeadlyVoltsHD card machines. Toilet doors in and out lol. Fuel pumps and more cash 😂😂😂

[@__1201]

Never use wipes on my carts have only been sick a handful of times in my life.

[@seanceknowles2911]

It’s just so nasty. Do you know how common people don’t wash their hands after taking a shit? That’s a no for me dawg 😂

[@__1201]

@@seanceknowles2911 That goes with anything you touch. Do you wipe down products before you pick them up at grocery store? People do stock those shelves and use their bare hands to do so (not to mention actual customers that want to read the labels and put the product back). Also, you do breathe in other peoples' flaked off skin cells who are in close proximity to you as well right? Germs are apart of life unfortunately, and most of them are harmless, so it's best not to think about it.

[@savebandit1017]

​@@seanceknowles2911poor thing, imagine if you lived in the 80s....

[@0mar-777]

literally justifing ur nastiness. cant compare a product to a cart or anything that is touched by 100x especially by kids that scratch their rear ends and privates with out washing. some adults may do it but im sure its less. when you go shake a hand ✋️. nah i ddont like to shake hands.

[@savebandit1017]

@@0mar-777 good for you. The point is, that this has only been happening for about 4 years. Before that, people didn't wash shopping carts 😂🤣😂🤣 You touch all sorts of stuff all day long, you have a natural immune system that helps protect you.

[@SoapboxCrusader]

IV poles and pumps have MRSA and C. diff all over them. They never check or clean the wheels. If your pump does not have a “clean by” sticker on it, request a clean pump if you can. There was an outbreak at a hospital and they did a 3M ATP tester on everything and found the IV poles were the cause.

[@silvieb2024]

Good to know. Thx😊

[@dawnmann5896]

I spent 5 weeks in the hospital and my pump was never cleaned

[@Whoishere2333]

Family member was a nurse and they used to clean all the equipment in the rooms they took care of. They said the equipment was disgusting too.

[@thecloneguyz]

It amazes me how many people have never heard of handheld UVC wands

[@MaxsDaughter]

This is why you should always wash your hands before you eat or drink anything or touch your face.

[@fuswatenetke8295]

Assumption #1: the disinfectant wipes were really disinfectant wipes. If they are and moist with disinfectant, the tester didn’t wait long enough for the disinfectant to work. All manufacturers have a residence or contact time optimal for their product to work. Just saying. 🖖

[@bluewrites2278]

That would depend on the wipes. Rubbing alcohol will kill bacteria on contact and doesn't require any dwell time, although it is best to wait a few seconds for the surfave to dry just to be sure. Hydrogen Peroxide or bleach (Sodium Hydrochloride) based disinfectants can require a dwell time of 5 to 10 mins, although wipes may say 60sec as they are expecting that the bacteria is getting trapped within the wipe, therefore the remaining dwell time is still happening.

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

​@@bluewrites2278People arguing about wipes. SMH.

[@denm6893]

​@@jeffstepp-ou8renobody is arguing, why is it nowadays people can't handle anothers opinion and immediately thinks someone is arguing. SMH

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

@@denm6893 okay.

[@rubyoro0]

@@denm6893. Jeff is a snowflake.

[@Dontcare66]

Bacteria is good for you. No bacteria is bad for you. Because it doesn't teaches your immune system to fight anymore and one day when you don't wipe, that bacteria that is normally harmless, might kill you

[@Jesussavedme]

Exactly what I said ❤

[@chichichichichichiOwO]

Ofc that doesnt mean don't wash your hands and such

[@gregzucci9554]

We have more bacteria cells in our body than human cells.

[@robertellis9750]

"Your immune system needs germs to practice on" - George Carlin

[@cameronfindleton7539]

Please spit I'm my mouth 😮

[@larswilms8275]

That is not how you tell how many bacteria live on a surface. He performed a streak on the agar plate. which is used to isolate a single bacteria from a lot of bacteria. To know how many bacteria there are on a surface. You swab a known area and then shake the cotton head in saline solution to release the bacteria in the solution. Then you make a 10 times dilution series (10x 100x, 1000x, upto maybe a million times). An from these you plate out a known amount. the amount of colonies formed on these plates is a good indicator. What is shown here in this video is bogus.

[@SeveralGhost]

What crack do you smoke to think that a swab covered in myriad colonies is only going to leave one type behind with a streak? That makes absolutely no sense.

[@Mara.La888]

It looks like so! Thanks for explaining

[@austinmiller9689]

Ehats wrong with how he did it?

[@larswilms8275]

@@austinmiller9689 They show to use inoculation loops to do the spreading with a technique that any microbiologist will recognize as streaking. Although they do not switch loops between streaks, which you would do in a real clean streak. This has two disadvantages. A. This concerns the ability to calculate the number of bacteria on the original surface. The volume transferred to the plate is unknown.The loop can be filled with liquid or there might be a air bubble in there. B.during the streaking the number of bacteria on the loop decreases as they are deposited on the agar. So the spread is uneven. If you look at the plate with bacteria you can see this. So at best the test shown can be used as a qualitative test. Definitely not as a quantitative test. As a molecular/microbiologist I would have like to she them use either a pour and shake method or a (drigalsky) spatula to spread the bacteria all over the plate. This would have been a better visual effect as well, in my opinion. Second, less important, thing is that they have overgrown the plate with bacteria. Those colonies are to bog. It is much easier to count them when the colonies are smaller. I can understand that they did this for the visual effect for the YTshort/TikTok though.

[@magnumdrake11]

I’m guessing you’ve never worked in a clinical microbiology setting. What he demonstrated is the exact way you’d streak a plate in a clinical microbiology laboratory. This method of streaking is not only used to isolate a single colony, it is used routinely for quantitative and qualitative testing, although not as exact as what you’re describing. The swab he used is the exact swab used to collect samples from human wounds, among other sites. If your method described was used in a clinical setting, it would take days to get through an hours worth of work. So although what he was doing by swabbing a surface and plating it is not something a clinical lab would do, it would still work perfect for demonstrating bacterial growth. Also, you’d never change loops between quadrants while streaking in a clinical setting. The point is to have less bacteria as you move between quadrants, that’s what isolates different colonies and allows a tech to describe the colonies and pick up a colony if needed to isolate on a different plate.

[@blackfireacid315]

Germs never bothered me, always good to build the amune-system

[@softwater34]

The fact you know that’s good, yet fail to spell immune, is crazy.

[@blackfireacid315]

@@softwater34 ouch, I have no wards

[@Francine5522]

Does everyone wash their hands after going pop poo 💩 ? I know I do, but others.

[@larswilms8275]

@@Francine5522 I wash my hands after pissing. Then why is my D so dirty? Because I wash my hands AFTER pissing

[@TUNITMOM]

I bring a little spray bottle of rubbing alcohol and spray down the handles and use wipes also. Been doing this for over 21 years since my son was born and I would spray and wipe down the cart area where kids sit before I put him in. I’m not one of those germ freak moms….I just remembered when I was in school I had a part time job working in a grocery store and saw MANY babies with 💩 oozing out of their pants into the seats. Or people putting their dog there with dingelberries hanging from them! That left an impression for life.

[@user-zu4iv5sj2b]

You’re nuts

[@silvergirl2847]

I'm exactly the same I always had something to give things a wipe.

[@rtgbhreth]

I bring wet wipes with me whenever i enter a store and plan to use a basket or cart. I used to carry baskets on my forearm and one day i ended up with a round itchy rash that did not go away for several months in that exact area. Suspect it was ringworm.

[@Pjpuglife]

Oh god

[@theredraider3860]

Yikers

[@rivertjr6501]

Bruh

[@jwil1283]

Ringworm is unlikely, I've had it before when I wrestled back in school and it's very distinct. Probably dermatitis. (I'm not a doctor)🤣

[@kelliquinn1342]

🤢thank you I will never forget this

[@gothic7821]

I'm so glad to see those wipes work!

[@88tirtles]

That's exactly what I took from this post!

[@savebandit1017]

Then you touch something in the store, touch your cart again and it's dirty. Derp, we can live with bacteria sweetie. You have an immune system to protect you, you don't need magic wipes.

[@Wicked_Ace]

As a former cart pusher for Walmart. THIS is the reason why, I wore gloves everyday of pushing those nasty carts.

[@Elmnt5]

Wash your hands when entering a home! You get rid of a ton ( if I recall 90% of infections, germs and diseases)

[@eyeinidas]

This is why I wash my hand before I pee.

[@amysmiles9751]

I work at a retail store. I either wash my hands before a leave or antibac gel when I get in the car. Im not afraid of thw germs I just have an issue if I'm going to eat or drink.

[@Cthomas5678]

I keep hand sanitizer in the car bc if that too and gas pumps and as soon as come home from shopping I wash my hands yuck I’m not typically a germaphobe but if you really think about it ……

[@futureman3628]

​@@Cthomas5678 do think about it. You DNA is made up of bacteria and viruses as well.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

That's the best thing you can do. Because your body actually needs to encounter these germs so that it can build itself up. Innately. Washing only before you eat or drink is the best thing to do

[@tennaj1367]

🤔 A lot of people don't realize how dirty those cart handles are. Sick people got to the store to buy soup & OJ etc etc they sneeze on their hands or wipe their nose then they touch the handle and then people go right behind them grab that same cart handle and BOOM they have the flu virus on their hands and take it home with them as a nice present for the family 😮

[@zorro4962]

Escalators use uv light to clean the rails

[@Wyklepheph]

Literally just wash your hands if you're worried about it. Or be like me and don't worry about washing your hands after you touch regular stuff and you get cool benefits like never getting the cold, flu, or anything really. I haven't been sick in a LONG time.

[@wesleyzortman5344]

Same. When I do get sick it’s for 2 days maybe. Then I’m okay. And it’s only around flu season. Right when it gets cold.

[@WhiteSage2]

Me to I don't even wash or shower any more gotta keep my immune system up

[@Thegamercat420]

​@jordanfisher277 Also don't wipe your ass . That will help to.

[@turbo.yota.]

God how have we made it a million years without these wipes it's almost like our bodies are built to fight germs

[@sandraalexander9632]

Okay, but if he didn't allow the handle to dry after wiping it down, then didn't he just swab the disinfectant from the wipe? So, of course, there wouldn't be any bacteria!😂 I still think you should use those wipes, but they need just a couple of minutes to dry to be 100% effective.

[@kellypatterson9456]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

[@jordanstewart2305]

I like having and maintaining my immune system thank you very much. So I will not be wiping my cart

[@jsprung8548]

We have immune systems for a reason. And they work great. Never died from touching a shopping cart 😂

[@HelpfulRebelsTV]

Yeah but bacteria is actuality a good thing. It builds our immune system and actually protects us from developing various diseases like MS for example.

[@nicoleendsley1669]

Good to know that what I do makes a difference. I'm housekeeping at a hospital and I'm OCD. I clean like my family is going in that room. ❤ Thank you for sharing

[@jimmyjames2903]

My wife always wipes them down when she's at Walmart

[@twwtjohns]

Some stores don't even bother to put wipes out anymore so we travel with our own in ziplock bags.

[@defaulltmake]

Those are commensals bacteria, they are everywhere.

[@arlarl5122]

The second swab was basically mopping up the disinfectant- of course it had no bacteria.

[@electricheartpony]

Just clean your hands using something renewable. Aka water and soap. Don't be wasteful.

[@Novictimhere]

Never hand sanitize/ never wipe handles/ work with community tools frequently…….. rarely get sick. Trust your body to do its job instead of weakening it with outside chemicals. Don’t eat junk.

[@beverlycharles6534]

Yep and some smokers dont get lung cancer. Your logic is flawed. Pls Update us if things change.

[@Jefferydorr]

As a former cook....wash your hands frequently.

[@karenstevens5314]

I used to clean escalators and the amount of filth coming off the handrails would disgust anyone.

[@yodaddy82daddy70]

I catch what I catch, either my immune system handles it or it doesn't.

[@russellstall169]

I don’t do this nonsense ever and I don’t really get sick. Y’all are making the world a bubble boy scenario. Weak immune systems are becoming a big problem. Real smart!

[@scotttrafford5671]

Wow. Now do one on handles in the home. Like, faucet handles, door handles, fridge handles.

[@12packadayhabit]

Your immune systems actually function better when exposed to bacteria.

[@ashley-cz1sl]

My son did something like this for his science fair project. We went around to all our local fast food places and swabbed the tables and fountain drink spouts to see which one was the nastiest.

[@Cynthia-ru9mj]

You're supposed to wait 1 minute or two to let the disinfectant kill the germs. The wipe is supposed to wipe them away.

[@sharonwilbourne7256]

This result did not surprise me. I almost always use the store wipes or my own if necessary. My daughter, for her 5th grade science project made agar plates using the standard gelatin mix and water poured onto steril agar plates. She wrapped individual wooden stick cotton swabs in parchment paper and baked them to sterilize the swabs. She took them to school to swab the common areas at her school including: drinking fountains; lunchroom surfaces; her desk; various doorknobs; her teachers desk; girls bathroom toilet seats; bathroom sinks; her gym locker. Following her sampling protocol, she wore laytex gloves to protect her hands, lab coat, and a face mask. 1) using her steril swabs, she sampled the surfaces, 2) swabed each agar plate using the same cross hatch pattern 3) covered with lid 4) used paraffin tape to seal plate 5) labeled each dish with her name, teachers name, date, time, and location. 6) incubated plates at room temperature in a clean prepared area on our kitchen. 7) after a few days she recorded her observations on: • color • counted colonies • estimated density of growth • determined type of growth, bacteria vs fungal Her results were surprising. They indicated that the teacher's desk was the "dirtiest" surface. The bathrooms and fountains were cleanest places. For cleanup, the plates were opened under 15% bleach water to minimize release of potential airborne contaminates, then washed. This was 40 years ago.

[@simpleman806]

People will worry about wiping down a shopping cart handle but won't mind using something far more dirtier multiple times a day

[@christina5112]

Also all door handles, money, your phone, railings, your cards, wallet, purse, and much more! Tons of people dont wash their hands after going to the restroom but we all also have normal flora on our skin. If you keep an agar plate open to the air, it will also grow bacteria. We're surrounded by microorganisms and shows you just how hard your immune system works daily to keep you healthy.

[@TamikaDeniseMaryMMaloney-yl5ln]

Yes you should see the filthy shopping trolleys and baskets covered in dirt

[@Mumbungua]

He found exactly what he wanted to. If you can't help but touch things and/or can't be clean. STAY IN YOUR HOME

[@brandonmcgrew4367]

This is why I wash my hands so many times a day. I’m always thinking of what I could’ve just touched.

[@turtleking598]

Stuff like this is why we get sicker now and why certain infections are harder to get rid of.

[@Daeburlison]

Yes bacteria can hurt you or make you sick but by NOT being sanitary constantly you build immune to bacteria and don't get sick. I never sanitize and I haven't been sick since I was a kid. I've had stomach bug few times but it never lasted more than a day.

[@g.s.m.6100]

Thanks for the reminder!!❤️❤️❤️

[@ralsharp6013]

For those of us who wonder whether it's worth wiping the handles, it absolutely is.😊

[@Jrb8k3n]

This is also why no one has a good immune system anymore.

[@terryrodriguez6209]

One Friday my college age daughter’s biology class was told to find what they thought would be the yuckiest thing in the vicinity of the classroom to swab. While everyone was swabbing elevator buttons, handrails, toilets etc. she swabbed the fish tank. When they went back on Monday she discovered her Petri dish was the grossest. The toilet and bathroom sink handle swabs were actually the least germ ridden as the janitors clean the bathrooms several times a day.

[@outrageousalan7780]

"Wipe your handles!" - this guy "Wipe your butt!" - Mister Rogers 😆😅🤣😂

[@ASwiftwitness]

That’s how we built our immunity in the 80’s 😆

[@sahahaah427]

Building natural immunity is a good thing, that way when we face germs we can handle it

[@codyeller7606]

Can you imagine not having a immune system built up for germs? It's almost like you want to end up in the hospital 😂

[@FAROUTWITHFAUST]

That’s why I lick off all the bacteria before I touch it with my hands

[@rfdc]

That's why people back in the day didnt suffer from allergies and had a more resilient immune system

[@eddiereyna2998]

So understand also that while he mentioned escalators and bacteria, how long have we been using shopping carts and escalators for ? We are already used to many bacteria on a daily basis because our immunity is and has been built up . And yes still practice good hygiene.

[@jayeallen6668]

Unless you're wearing gloves/something to protect your hands, wiping off the cart handle doesn't mean much because you're handling the items you're putting in the cart.

[@anthonycottrill5457]

Immune systems do need to be exercised (unless you are someone who is immunocompromised).

[@jesusramos778]

as a matter of fact don't wipe your hands, no one dies for touching handles! our immune system is strong enough to manage most things and grow stronger.

[@QueenLeo-mt7np]

I just wash my hands with soap like a normal person.

[@FosterChild]

I've never been good with wiping handles, disinfecting anything, washing hands before food. That being said i rarely got sick (once in 2 years) and I love it. Get used to germs and bacteria.

[@jewels964]

This is why I take my own shopping buggy when I shop. I look like a fool but I'm still healthy 😂

[@rubyoro0]

Do you not pass your items through the register?

[@jewels964]

@rubyoro0 I use self check out and sanitize after using touch screen if I have to . I also use my tap on my debit so I don't have to touch money. Or the pin pad.

[@vulcannut991987]

When disinfecting a surface you have to wait 5 minutes or more for the bacteria to die....

[@stilmesamejamese1]

Skin is naturally antimicrobial, don’t be a 3 year old and keep your hands outta your mouth and you’re good. Don’t be scared.

[@ralphvalkenhoff2887]

As kids, we would lick handles, built good immune defenses. Rarely if ever get sick.

[@byronrincon6282]

I'm 45 years old and I've never seen my mom wipe her shopping cart down I've never wiped my shopping cart down. It's causing immune system people start getting one

[@linseyc.6602]

No! for the 2nd swab you have to wait a few min for the wipes to kill the germs. read the bottle

[@jannastrandli3644]

Not all bacteria is bad. We have 2 kilos of bakteria in our bodies and outside that are helping us. So not all bacteria is ”nasty”. This fobia must stop.

[@Man_0f_Culture]

Isn't this counterintuitive when you think about it? It keeps your body from being exposed to germs that would keep your immune system going. So when you actually do get sick your immune system is weak.

[@SeasideBandit]

General cleanliness i understand, but we don't need to keep sanitizing everything. A bit of bad bacteria won't hurt you.

[@eleflux6609]

That was my brother's science fair project. Mine was testing money for bacteria. Let's just say if you are paying cash, you might want to wait to wash your hands AFTER you pay for your food.... 😂😂😂

[@mohammedbinladen4619]

but your immune system requires exposure to remain strong.

[@jene9755]

It would be better for everybody if they make those handles stainless steel. Kills bacteria. That's why most of your doorknobs on your house are made from stainless steel, as are most of your sinks and appliances and faucets etc.

[@debop9943]

Good I saw this because I was planning to touch a shopping cart and leave my hand in a perfect environment for bacterial growth for days 😂😂😂😂

[@Mountianlions69]

We go through life in contact with all kinds of bacteria, it's what keeps us alive. No point being a reclusive germaphobe.

[@timmymccheee7213]

Don’t get exposed, don’t build immunities. Have problems later in life.

[@scottsevara54]

My microbiology class did this on campus. We were sent out and swabbed anything we could find from keyboards to door handles etc. The filthiest thing on the entire campus, even over public toilets was the water fountains. Hundreds of ppl dribbling their unique flora all over them things. A literal cesspool!!!!! 🤮

[@cbmech2563]

And that is why nobody has any resistance to anything, you are never exposed to anything

[@wendyhaase4401]

My daughter was born in 81 around 83 my daughter caught chicken pox off of a grocery cart handle not once but twice she didn't get it bad enough the first time to create an immune system so she picked it up a second time yes this is possible after that either I wiped it off or I carry something to cover it with

[@deniceiscooking]

I use my own cart whenever possible exactly for this reason. Added benefit is I don't have to carry bags

[@sweetvictory89]

This is a visual reason of why I'm always disgusted by public sharing things Especially door knobs. I've seen one too many adults digging in their nose without tissue or one too many grown men adjusting their balls in public

[@johnwhalen3191]

This guys immune system is done

[@user-lm3wc8sc1v]

We handle stuff all day long that has been touched by other people such as grocery store items so you are just smearing germs right back on the cart handle

[@user-sj7xv1er1u]

People do really gross things, I was at the hospital for a cancer screening test (so far so good btw). I was sitting in front of a bank of elevators, a very pretty young lady & her boyfriend approached, one of her eyes was red swollen & oozing pus, looked awful. She kept touching it! I could SEE the infection on her fingers!!! then SHE TOUCHED THE ELEVATOR BUTTONS WITH HER PUS SMEARED FINGERS!!!! and then she touched her eye again! Infection back and forth, spreading sickness and picking up new germs at the same time, it's a vicious circle!

[@mikeznel6048]

How did we ever survive trips to the grocery store before having shit wipes everywhere?????

[@Ellfman]

You could just make a habit of using a bar soap and warm water to wash your hands regularly. I never clean shopping cart handles, and I've never been sick from them. I haven't had any illness in 12 years.

[@scubasteve7022]

May as well get rid of all bacteria so humans loose resistance. Great idea 💡 👍

[@momlee664]

He swabbed it while the handle was still wet from the wipe of course that’s what is going to happen. You have to wait for the surface to dry then swab it. The clincher would have been using just a plain dry paper towel as well to wipe it down.

[@H.R.Pufnstuf]

Whip every door knob, faucet handle, elevator button, the hand of the person who's gonna shake your hand, etc.

[@grumpy3543]

My ancestors lived in mud floored huts for hundreds of thousands of years so I would have good antibodies. Stop worrying or you’ll destroy your children’s ability to fight any disease.

[@april_]

The immune system will be okay with some cart grime

[@ponderbot34]

We have this miraculous thing called ...an immune system.

[@tombickman9292]

I have this thing called an immune system...and it needs exposure to bacteria to function properly