Toilet paper... infected with germs?

Question

Is toilet paper typically infected with fecal matter? When you wipe your bottom, doesn't fecal bacteria get onto your hands, and spread onto the toilet paper roll when you reach for it again? If it doesn't, then why do we wash our hands after using the toilet? Won't fecal matter get onto our pants when we pull them up after we're finished, and onto the sink faucet k***s when turn them on to wash our hands?

Answer 1

I've worried about this myself and the answer I've come up with is No... the way I see it is that if you wipe yourself and then reach for another piece of toilet paper, you're tearing off the part you grabbed from the roll so the roll is still clean, get it?

Answer 2

um no the f***s should go onto the paper. And you wash your hands because it's disgusting after you've gone downstairs

Answer 3

The fecal matter is on the paper, not your hands.

There is no clinical reason why you should need to wash your hands after using the toilet, unless you made a mess.  The point is that you should wash your hands with soap several times a day to kill viruses and bacteria that you normally accumulate (do a culture on the keyboard you're using, far more disgusting than anything your backside can do!).  As long as you're in the bathroom, you should use the sink to wash your hands.  and you should NOT just wet them and rub them, as all you are doing is just encouraging them with a hospitable environment.

Germs are everywhere.  Get over it.  Your mouth is the dirtiest o*****e in your body.  Think about that the next time you french kiss your lover.  We adopt sane sanitation practices to prevent them from getting out of control.