I agree individual.

Kids are becoming wrapped in antiseptic/disinfectant spray cotton wool, to mix metaphors.

There are increasing ads on TV claiming new sprays round the home will kill 99.9% of germs. But there are billions of germs in the remaining 0.1% and new germs constantly recirculate.

Its getting so bad that some Mums bring a bottle of xxxx whenever they and their kids venture outside the house.

New Mums worry:

"I don't trust that anyone is properly detail-cleaning anything in public spaces. Maybe they might wipe down a shopping cart once a week, but are they properly disinfecting it?"

"It's the holy grail - disinfecting means that viruses and bacteria are 99.9% dead and gone. Our babies need us to disinfect their toys - and every shopping cart handle."

Where does it stop? The kids will become allergic to everything.

Humans lived OK for the 100,000 years before disinfectant sprays.

Plantagenet - Thorium spray anyone?
I worked for a very large Australian Food Company. The technical director was always saying how making food sterile would bite us in the bottom in the long run. We all need a bit of infection, a few billion germs and faecal matter to keep our immune system nice.
I know it kills old people but as a 71 year old I am up to the challenge, until I am not lol!

Deeerrr JBowyer

Methinks you intentionally misunderstood.

My whole point, in the 5:12:59 PM comment, is that antiseptic/disinfectant spray is RUBBISH

which makes kids more allergic to things.

Cheers

Plantaganent one tear drop in a bucket of water will kill 99.9% of all germs.
The big companies are selling comfort and a lovely scent not hygene.
I am not as dumb as I look although.....

disinfecting means that viruses and bacteria are 99.9% dead and gone.
plantagenet,
Yes & all these sanitising chemicals are washed down the sink & into the waterways where they kill aquatic life. Ah, our so highly intelligent scientists & chemists etc solve our problems by creating three new ones each time.
Now the cotton wool brigade is not only wrapping the bodies but the mind as well. The results are already out there for everyone to see.

Come to think of it, all this ultra hygiene seems to reflect a deadening of logic & common sense.
Has anyone noticed how insipid many of these highly educated inner city sterile high rise dwellers are becoming ? Could sterile & removed from reality living end up in a sterile & removed from reality mind ? Looking at hot from the outside it certainly appears that way !