To Fight Growing Threat From Germs, Try Old-Fashioned Killers

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WSJ Article Interesting article about where they are getting disease fighting microbes to replace the increasingly less effective antibiotics.: e.g. Paris Sewer

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I was about to say “bacteriophages” before I even read the article…

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I am convinced that we need to take a step backward. We try too hard to keep the environment too clean.

Banish the antiseptic hand cleaner and let kids get dirty again - they will develop stronger immune systems.

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It’s surprisingly difficult to find hand soap, dish detergent, and other household cleaners that aren’t laced with antibiotics.

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Antiseptics are not antibiotics commonly (or at all, really). Antiseptics are things like chlorhexidine. Antibiotics are things like enrofloxacin. Very different.

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Yes, and washing your hands regularly, with any soap even old fashioned lye soap is a basic method to cut down on the transmission of pathogens, particular after using the rest room.

That and covering your mouth/nose when coughing or sneezing.