it seems that the humble mobile contains more germs than a toilet seat or the bottom of a shoe.
“The phones contained more skin bacteria than the any other object; this could be due to the fact that this type of bacteria increases in high temperatures and our phones are perfect for breeding these germs as they’re kept warm and cozy in our pockets, handbags and brief cases. These bacteria are toxic to humans, and can cause infections if they have the opportunity to enter the body.” - Joanne Verran, Professor of Microbiology at Manchester Metropolitan University
brings to mind Douglas Adams’ The HHGTTG, all those useless tertiary sector workers like hairdressers and telephone sanitisers who were tricked into leaving the planet Golgafrincham on the ‘B’ ark, only for the Golgafrincham’s population to get wiped out by a disease spread by telephones. btw wikipedia has a great HHGTTG set of pages, including this one on places.
