Is Your Computer Keyboard Dirtier Than Your Toilet Seat?
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"According to reports we have seen on the internet if you work in an office and people share your computer, your computer keyboard could cause life threatening illnesses.
Which? Magazine, a UK consumer activist organization, tested keyboards in its own offices in London and out of the 33 keyboards it swabbed, one had 5 times the number of bacteria it found on one of its toilet seats. The keyboard was apparently so bad that health and safety officers quarantined it.
Experts claim that colds and even gastroenteritis could be passed on in an office through the keyboard.
Eating food, going to the toilet without washing your hands and sneezing could be to blame.
E.coli, coliforms, staphylococcus aureus and enterobacteria were all found in the tests.
Could Qwerty tummy be the number one sickie excuse in the coming months...?"
Which? Magazine, a UK consumer activist organization, tested keyboards in its own offices in London and out of the 33 keyboards it swabbed, one had 5 times the number of bacteria it found on one of its toilet seats. The keyboard was apparently so bad that health and safety officers quarantined it.
Experts claim that colds and even gastroenteritis could be passed on in an office through the keyboard.
Eating food, going to the toilet without washing your hands and sneezing could be to blame.
E.coli, coliforms, staphylococcus aureus and enterobacteria were all found in the tests.
Could Qwerty tummy be the number one sickie excuse in the coming months...?"
It's suggested that we should wash our hands every time we use keyboard. Especially now, when swine flu is at the doorstep.
Swine Flu XD
Can't believe keyboards are that dirty though :O
Can't believe keyboards are that dirty though :O
no, i like to keep my computer cleaned.
this is just as disturbing as that one article i read that said if you use your laptop on you lap it will lead to infertility (for males).
And I'll be the only one using my computer keyboard, luckily it's a laptop =D
| SicDrummer99 wrote: |
And I'll be the only one using my computer keyboard, luckily it's a laptop =D |
Hopefully not on your lap
I got a laptop myself but sometimes we have to work at the computers at school. Don't think they wash their hands before they use it etc... It doesn't look good with the upcomming swine flu. Schools will be closed and other public places.
Rs sale
| Rs sale wrote: | ||
Hopefully not on your lap I got a laptop myself but sometimes we have to work at the computers at school. Don't think they wash their hands before they use it etc... It doesn't look good with the upcomming swine flu. Schools will be closed and other public places. Rs sale |
Why do people freak out about Swine? First off, over 20000 people die each year due to the normal flu, and no one goes crazy about that. But when something new is introduced, and only an amount of deaths countable on one hand occurred due to this new phenomenon, people get frantic. Chill out guys, they actually are planning to come out with a vaccine in the fall i believe. I heard it on the radio.
| SicDrummer99 wrote: | ||||
Why do people freak out about Swine? First off, over 20000 people die each year due to the normal flu, and no one goes crazy about that. But when something new is introduced, and only an amount of deaths countable on one hand occurred due to this new phenomenon, people get frantic. Chill out guys, they actually are planning to come out with a vaccine in the fall i believe. I heard it on the radio. |
Exactly, normal flu is still more dangerous, but new flu has bigger spread rate, which means if it mutates, the mortality rate could be disastrous.
But, I still think it's just marketing. Big pharmaceuticals companies have to stay in shape during the economic crysis.
Spread the word about dangerous virus and sell the expensive cure - real recipe for success.
my boyfriends sure is, his last keyboard was caked in scum. His new keyboard-of which he only got at christmas time-is already developing a second 'skin' of scum. However I never get scum on my keyboard! my buttons and underneath are always very clean. must just be because I am a girl. lol
lol
Keyboard could be cleaner than this:
...but it could still have millions of bacteria.
...but it could still have millions of bacteria.
of course my toilet is cleaner... i clean it with bleach... I dont think Jennifer(my laptop) would enjoy that too much.
I switch my keyboards (i buy new oens) very often.
Although they become dirty very fast
Although they become dirty very fast
lmfao at swine flu
I cleaned my keyboard a couple weeks ago and it was so disgusting. The outside and keys don't really get dirty, but underneath the keys get really filthy. There was a huge mesh layer of cat hair interwoven with food.
hahaha...a gr8 title.....well at least nt bad as my toilet seat...but yeah it needs cleaning.....its gud u made me remember bout it 2...lol...
I clean mine tbh, read about this ages ago.
Nowadays there isn't a thing we can do without risking our health ... or so they say!
Just live, live and clean yourselves everyday
Just live, live and clean yourselves everyday
Does this include laptops??
| fatdada wrote: |
Does this include laptops?? |
They have keyboards right?
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