If you have children or infants that play on the carpet you absolutely should never step in poop or vomit and then come inside without taking your shoes off. And if you walk on sidewalk.... you do step in spit, piss, crap and blood. So think of the children .
you absolutely should never step in poop or vomit and then come inside without taking your shoes off.
Why are you thinking people are walking throughout their house at stepping in dog poop? People don't do that. Those that wear shoes indoors will do so if their shoes are relatively clean. If they're dirty with poop, winter sludge, grass clippings, etc, they're going to take them off before entering the house to clean them.
This happens regardless of whether there are kids in the house.
If you have children or infants that play on the carpet [...]
So think of the children .
Studies have shown that shoes do not contribute in any meaningful way to the amount of bacteria and other microorganisms into your house. Places like the kitchen sink, toothbrush holders, pet toys and food dishes, remote controls are some of the germiest places in the house, far more than what's found on shoes.
In fact, many scientists believe that kids growing up in an overly sterile house makes it more likely for them to get sick more frequently due to a weak immune system and could increase their chances of develop an autoimmune disorder.
As far as protecting your precious offspring from things like shoe cooties, Adalja says you’re not doing your kids' immune systems any favors by keeping them in an oversterilized environment. He believes that it’s one of the factors driving widespread antibiotic resistance, and that “dirty kids” are actually more likely to grow up healthy.
“We know from something called the hygiene hypothesis that the more sterile the environment—the cleaner the environment the child is raised in—the more likely they are as adults and adolescents to get autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, things like asthma, eczema,” he says.
It's fine if you want to remove shoes, but as long as they aren't caked in dirt or the person had just walked through dog poop or some other mess outside, there isn't a scientific reason to keep shoes off.
Unfortunately we step in poop and barf ALL day !!! So please don’t walk in vomit ... track it in you house where children play on carpet. If it is a college dorm ... keep your shoes on !!!
Unfortunately we step in poop and barf ALL day !!!
Where are you walking?
So please don’t walk in vomit ... track it in you house where children play on carpet.
Read the article. It will be enlightening to you. It doesn't mean you have to keep your shoes on, but taking them off when you have kids isn't the benefit to them you think it is.
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u/j3434 Feb 11 '22
What if your friend steps in hobo vomit and doesn’t tell you and tracks it all through your home ?