Your Phone Is a Germ Factory,So StopTaking It to the Toilet你的手机是细菌工厂,所以别再把它带到厕所了
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We carry them everywhere, take them to bed and to the bathroom. And formany people, their smartphone is the first thing they see in the morning.
Most concerns2 about phones usually focus on the distraction3 they can causewhile driving, or just how addictive4 they can be.
A 2019 survey found that most people (57 percent) in the UK use their phoneson the toilet. Another study found three in four Americans (74.5 percent) use theirphones while on the toilet. So it’s not surprising that studies have found our mobilephones are dirtier than toilet seats.
We also eat while using our phones and put them down on all sorts of (dirty)surfaces. All of which can transfer microbes5 onto our phones.
It’s been estimated6 that people touch their phone hundreds, if not thousands,of times a day. And while many of us wash our hands regularly after say, going tothe bathroom, cooking, cleaning or gardening, we are much less likely to considerwashing our hands after touching our phones. Moreover, you wash your hands afteryou use the bathroom, but do you wipe down the phone you were reading while youwere in other places? Probably not. Some of the viruses7—like the common cold virus—can live on the phonesurfaces for up to a week.
Given how disgusting8 phones can be, maybe it’s time to think more aboutmobile phone hygiene9.
我们随身携带它们,上床睡觉、上厕所都带着它。(剩余428字)