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@jalefkowit Rob Knight has a great (audio)book called “Follow your gut”. I read it after Ed Yong’s “I Contain Multitudes”. Both are awesome because both contain an endless stream of these WTF moments—many involving 💩😋
@jalefkowit “Follow your gut” talked about how a freshly-cleaned toilet seat cover is immediately colonized by fecal bacteria upon first flush but these are quickly outcompeted by commensal skin microbes—until the next cleaning. So hospitals e.g. are looking at cleaning less, and opening more windows, to get more harmless commensals to coat their surfaces instead of letting only the hardiest pathogens have a chance. Awesome stuff.
