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Do Paper Toilet Seat Liners Actually Protect You from Diseases?

Check my other channel Biographics! https://w→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Can the Flu Vaccine Give You the Flu? https://youtu.be/ADZbSG1Xx9I In this video: Flimsy white sheets shaped like the seat, paper toilet liners can be found in many public bathrooms. Notably, however, while they may provide reassurance to the germaphobic and finicky, toilet seat covers have little else to offer in terms of decreasing your odds of being infected with some pathogen when sitting on the toilet seat. Want the text version?: [http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/toilet-seat-covers-effective-safeguard-useless-waste/ Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats13/gonorrhea.htm http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/sanitation.shtml http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-04-02/health/fl-hands-free-toilet-seat-covers-20120402_1_brill-hygienic-products-toilet-seat-alan-brill http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/can-you-catch-germs-from-a-public-toilet-seat.aspx http://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/stdfact-gonorrhea.htm http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5142 http://www.today.com/health/sorry-germaphobes-toilet-seat-liners-are-pointless-heres-why-1D79818408 http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/toilet-seat-covers-evidence-on-impact/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/188710/top-toilet-tissue-brands-in-the-united-states/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/toilet-seat-liners-covers-pointless-bacteria-germs_n_5500416.html

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  • Originally Aired November 24, 2018
  • Runtime 3 minutes
  • Production Code hIiHNM_GV2w
  • Created September 18, 2020 by
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  • Modified September 18, 2020 by
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