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Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick days by a third (yle.fi)
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[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

though many failures come from drinking our own poo

It's drinking other people that's the real problem. Although it's disgusting your waste only contains pathogens you already possess.

[โ€“] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 10 points 11 months ago

You can absolutely get sick from ingesting your own waste. There's plenty of flora and pathogens that exist and live in your gut that can cause problems if you ingest it orally.

After all we all have e coli and breakouts do still happen.