You caught it where?

Breathe easier: No, you can’t get it from a toilet seat. In fact, the toilet seat may be the safest place in the entire public bathroom, according to a review of some studies recently published. Furthermore, you are more likely to run into a cold virus on a water faucet than on a toilet seat. And, confirming what you have already suspected, a new study found that an office workstation contains an average of 400 times as many germs as a toilet seat—in case you have been confusing the two.

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