Is There Any Protective Value in Using Tissue Seat Covers on Toilets?
When you go into a stall in a public restroom, do you automatically pull one of those tissue seat covers out of its container and meticulously make sure that all the seat is covered? Or if there are no paper covers, do you assume “the stance” because you don’t want any part of you to touch the seat? Most of us do this, because we grew up being told of the germs that lurk on the seats of public toilets just waiting to claim us as their next victim. It really does seem like a hassle to go to in order to use the toilet, but the necessity has been ingrained into us almost from birth. Have you ever wondered, however, if those seat covers are really providing you with any protection? Doctors will be the first to tell you that it’s okay to go ahead and sit down without using a tissue cover. That’s because germs that cause STDs don’t survive living on toilet seats. Just think about it. How many people do you know who have actually been infected from sitting on a toilet seat? The inventor of th
