Nasty, germy news for touch-screen devices
Thursday, October 21st, 2010Now that people touch screens far more often than they touch each other, iPhones, iPads, and all the Droids and Nokias seem to have become the repositories of a huge number of nasties.
No, I am not referring to farting apps or movies with clothesless people. I am referring to those naked germs and viruses surely on so many people’s minds as flu season starts.
The Sacramento Bee today offered vivid details that might make you look at the screen of your favorite gadget and wonder where it’s been, as well as where you might choose to take it in the future.
It discussed a Stanford University study published earlier this year in the Journal of Applied Microbiology that showed that if you touch a screen, 30 percent of any virus that might happen to have taken up residence upon it will end up on your fingertips.
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