Toothbrush
If you flush the toilet without putting the lid down, the water particles are sprayed up to a distance of six feet, landing on your sink and toothbrush. Close the lid before you flush, and disinfect the taps, the flush handle and door handles often.

Use common sense, as that may give you some protection against the rich tapestry of germ life.
Wash your hands often with soap and hot water. Dry them afterward.
Avoid, where possible, touching surfaces that are handled by the general public, such as bathroom door handles. You may wash you hands, but others don't.
Do not handle food unless you've washed your hands.
Avoid touching your face, including your nose and eyes, unless you have just washed your hands.
Stay away from people who are obviously sick.

What bothers me more is that this culture seems to be spreading

I occasionally find myself shouting at the TV when those ridiculous adverts for the Detol no touch hand wash system come on. I mean come on, it's not like you're scrubbing up for surgery is it?

What’s got me about this is it just seems like all these measures are counterproductive because someone who leads this disinfected lifestyle is going to have a depleted immune system so that when they come into contact with a serious amount of bacteria they are likely not to be able to fight it off.
Don’t get me wrong I am all for disinfecting and cleaning but it annoys me that it’s becoming the norm to disinfect everything. My girlfriend’s house and my own are clean and reasonably disinfected but only to a sensible measure. I think unless I come into contact with say gone off, badly cooked meat or an unhygienic restaurant. I’m less likely to get an illness than people who live their lives disinfecting and avoiding ill people like in the aforementioned article.

What bothers me more is that this culture seems to be spreading which I think is of great detrement to the health service.

Stay away from people who are obviously sick.

Have your toilet in a different room. Problem solved.

I do wish more people would "quarantine" themselves. I really hate being squeezed against people on the tube who so obviously have the black breath.

Have your toilet in a different room. Problem solved.

I do wish more people would "quarantine" themselves. I really hate being squeezed against people on the tube who so obviously have the black breath.

I'm not allowed to be ill before November or at the least I get a written caution or the worst I get sacked.

I'm not one to throw sickies either. I had some genuine illness last year which put me over their permitted sickness level.

So now I get to a) go into work to infect everyone or, b) use annual leave if I do get ill.

Yeah, you're not alone with that policy.

It should be a breach of human rights or something...