Just a few extra moments of thought on this subject from this perspective and it has occurred to my plebian brain that the average person with a likewise plebian brain does not have to ask past this point why a parent would say to another person with beliefs and lack of knowledge of the differences between poo and spit, such as yourself or Linear, RAZD, stay away from my kids!
We plebian but observant and never too cautious parents all learned these essentials in basic training at the swimming pool in infant swim class. Unfortunately many college grads and even California state certified teachers do not know these basic truths yet. they'll figure it out though. Perhaps from migrant workers with dirty hands picking spinach, perhaps from their gay lover with likewise dirty hands that brings them their favorite cup of tea unwittingly laced with ecoli or hepatitus from their own behind.
Which of course is not proof that bacteria in the colon in necessarily worse than bacteria in the mouth, nor does it refute the fact that abnormal bacteria in either location can be just as dangerous to human health.
Most "plebian but observant and never too cautious parents" have learned that most diseases transmitted from person to person are carried in the mouth and nasal cavities, and that coughing can spread those pathogens quite easily.
Many a "plebian but observant and never too cautious parents" has also learned that if a person is bitten by a human, the resulting infection can be worse than from an animal bite if left untreated. Why? Because ALL the pathogens in the mouth are already adapted to the human body, whereas many of those in animals may not be.
Something your plebian brain may
not be aware of is that
Escherichia coli is one of the normally benign bacteria in most people and many other mammals. Some strains have evolved that cause problems, but the normal strains are still benign.
They are also very numerous and easy to test for in water samples, so when your local beach is closed it is usually because they tested for and found
E. coli in the water. The reason for closing is not because
E. coli necessarily poses a health hazard, but because it is an indicator that sewage got into the water, sewage that may contain many chemical toxins as well as any abnormal pathogens from any humans contributing to the flow.
A few more extra moments of thought on this subject for your plebian brain to consider is that one of the common problems with high doses of antibiotics is that it
NOT ONLY kills the offending pathogen, but it
ALSO destroys the fauna normally resident in your digestive system. The effect is usually diarrhea and weight loss (you cannot properly digest food with the beneficial bacteria).
Now one of the best cures for normal diarrhea is unpasteurized yogurt, especially one of the new ones with additional live bacteria in it: these are a few of the beneficial bacteria, and they will help restore your normal fauna.
In extreme cases, however, more drastic action is taken: and the doctor's will give the patient a pill ... filled with some healthy person's "poo" (as you so elegantly call it). So I hope you never have a sever case of diarrhea, SoSick (it seems you have more than enough medical problems eh?).
Curiously, this kind of "innoculation" is also one of the functions of mother's milk, as it carries the normal bacterial fauna from the mother to the newborn child (they are born without them). The reason we have to pasteurize cow's milk is because they carry a lot of bacteria similar to humans, and a lot that are not, and they can carry bacteria that they are immune to but humans aren't.
... stay away from my kids!
Why, are they sick? Sad to hear it.
Enjoy.
