Do I have to close the Toilet Seat?

Tips of what to do with your toilet seat lid

When using public toilets – they don’t have lids – but have that super-powerful flush and there you are in this enclosed space. Ugh! It’s one thing being at home with your own bacteria, but could anything be filthier than a public toilet – and now with that bacteria-mist? No, so open the door, flush with your foot, close the door and get far away. I hate even thinking about this.

“Lack of knowledge about where germs lurk is a real health problem because people touch these objects and 80 percent of infections are spread through hand contact. The solution is to practice proper hand hygiene by washing with soap and water or by using an alcohol-based sanitizer.

Fifty to 80 percent of all food-borne illnesses originate in the home. Food-borne pathogens cause 6.5 million cases of gastroenteritis and 9,000 deaths per year. Twenty percent of food-poisoning cases are blamed on home contamination, more than any other source.

It’s Not a Recliner – This I could never understand. There is a lid and isn’t it there for some reason – like closing the toilet. Do people actually sit down and lean back to recline when using the toilet? If so, I don’t think it’s healthy. Then too, I think of it like a lid on a jar. You open the jar and after you take out the pickle, you then close the jar by putting the lid back on. A lid is supposed to close…well, something. I don’t think it’s decorative.