You get to fight my bacteria, and every humans bacteria, every day of your life.
Not to a significant extent. In cases where people are exposed to other people's bacteria in quantity, they generally become (mildy) ill quite quickly while developing immunity - see fresher's flu etc.
If you had read the article, you would know that they're supplementing personal flora with Nitrosomonas eutropha.
And HOPING that N.Eutropha will out-compete their dangerous-to-others bacteria.
And hurting all of us just to help you, denying us the necessary and amazing flora that makes our lives possible, is selfish and Darwinian in it's own way.
I'm not suggesting you shower in bleach, just that you wash yourself with something more effective than fairy dust.
"Not to a significant extent. In cases where people are exposed to other people's bacteria in quantity, they generally become (mildy) ill quite quickly while developing immunity - see fresher's flu etc."
Again with the ignorance and nonscientific answer.
Fresher's flu is what happens when LARGE GROUPS of people from GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPARATE areas come together. All kinds of new bacteria are introduced. And again-- this is normal. This is humanity. This is us, there is no other way to handle the complexity that arises from our biological systems. That's the facts. Fresher flu isn't curable, it's the integration of bacterial culture. It's natural, and its inevitable. To use it as a negative is ignorance: it's a byproduct of our nature and evolution itself.
Even so, it is in no way equatable to you meeting ONE person or normal meeting of people from similar areas. Not on any level. Also your "not to any significant extent", I reject that. I'm sorry but you're wrong about that too.
"I'm not suggesting you shower in bleach, just that you wash yourself with something more effective than fairy dust."
This is simple: There is one human being alive responsible for your safety. You'll find him in a mirror. I, and every other living being is absolved of responsibility for your health.
I'm sorry, but if your personal defects make it dangerous for you to be near humans in a normal social setting, I suggest protecting yourself instead of a) blaming others or b) suggesting others protect you on your behalf.
You might find this weird but attempting to enforce a monoculture of hygiene because you think it's right is draconian, impossible, and naive to me.
Those situations are also where they are exposed to viruses and pathogenic bacteria. I don't think you make a very good case that exposure to a "healthy" but unfamiliar skin biome is likely to lead to illness.
Not to a significant extent. In cases where people are exposed to other people's bacteria in quantity, they generally become (mildy) ill quite quickly while developing immunity - see fresher's flu etc.
If you had read the article, you would know that they're supplementing personal flora with Nitrosomonas eutropha.
And HOPING that N.Eutropha will out-compete their dangerous-to-others bacteria.
And hurting all of us just to help you, denying us the necessary and amazing flora that makes our lives possible, is selfish and Darwinian in it's own way.
I'm not suggesting you shower in bleach, just that you wash yourself with something more effective than fairy dust.