I just read the post below about the health inspector and the pies. That said it has always amazed me how many people can get sick doing the same thing others do without ever getting sick. It's gotten to the point that now our illustrious leaders have taken it upon themselves to try to protect EVERYONE, from EVERYTHING.
The thing is we all know that that will never happen. Regardless of how clean anything appears to be, to the naked eye, it's the microscopic germs that get you. It's funny, reading some of the replies to the other post in regard to the cleanliness of people's kitchens, restaurant kitchens, and the like, because ALL that inspector can see is what he can see with his eyes. True he might be able to use some sort of device to tell whether this or that is REALLY clean, but that's only one spot. Too, like others stated below, the second the inspector leaves nothing he saw, tested, or says really means anything.
Think about it, with all of the family reunions, bake sales, etc, etc, etc that have happened in this country over the past years, that just you know of personally, how many people do you know that got sick from eating there. Yes, Aunt Bee's kitchen might not be the cleanest place in the world, but she makes a mean apple pie, and no one has been made sick, nor killed from it in the past 40 years she has been bringing them. On the other hand, how many people do you know that have been made sick by commercial kitchens, restaurants, food trucks, etc that were just inspected and passed with flying colors. I'd just about bet that most folks know more people made sick by the 'inspected' food/establishments than they do by 'Aunt Bee's' pies.
Outside of the food angle, how about the kids that got sick at the petting zoo? Out of say 10,000 kids that petted the animals, only say 10 got sick. If you look at the folks that took care of the animals and are around them 24/7, NONE of them ever had any problem.
That all said, has anyone ever thought why a lot of this happens? I think I would have to agree with an article I read years ago. The premise of the piece was that we are cleaning ourselves to death. Think about it, when you go get an inoculation against the flu, or whatever, what happens is that you are basically given a small dose of the virus so your body will have them inside and be able to make antibodies to fight them. The problem now days is that most folks are never around anything from the animal world beyond their cat or dog, or the squirrel that they just watched climb the tree in their backyard. In other words they have very little to no exposure to even a small dose of the the viruses, germs, or whatever for their body to begin forming a defense. Then, when they final do have contact, like a petting zoo, they are supplied with antibacterial wipes, and the like to insure that they kill off anything they happened to touch.
The end result of this is that most folks bodies never have the opportunity to develop even the slightest immunity to the things that they come into contact with. Say for instance it takes 10 germs to actually make you sick, unless you have some sort of immunity, but only two for your body to react and develop an immunity. So, you touch something that has say 5 germs on it, and in an ideal situation your body fights it and gets stronger. BUT to be 'safe' you break out the antibacterial wipes and kill all of the germs.
The next time you touch an object it has all 10 germs on it, and guess what, this time you don't have the wipes available to use, AND YOU GET SICK. The thing is you didn't really get sick just because you touched the 10 germs, you got sick because the last time you touched just enough to develop an immunity, you short circuited your bodies natural defenses with your antibacterial wipes.
The same holds with the food, or anything else that can make us sick. Aunt Bee's kitchen might only stay 70% clean but, as you eat her food, your body takes in those germs and will begin to develop the antibodies needed to combat the food poisioning you'd otherwise get when you eat that greasy burger off Mo's food truck at lunch.
In the end, cleanliness might be next to Godliness, but in reality cleanliness is like most other things, it's only good in moderation. Basically it's too much of a good thing, and can often be a bad thing, and might just give you the opportunity to get a lot closer to God when the germ you catch, because your body has no immunity, leaves you knocking at the Pearly Gates...
Yes, I know that's probably a bit of an extreme view, but that was the gist of the article I read, and in my own observations it really makes sense, and nearly always holds true....Heck the way I live I've got to admit I'm probably a walking example because the things I do sometimes, according to the experts, ought to have made me sick, or killed me, many times over. Now, what are your thoughts?
The thing is we all know that that will never happen. Regardless of how clean anything appears to be, to the naked eye, it's the microscopic germs that get you. It's funny, reading some of the replies to the other post in regard to the cleanliness of people's kitchens, restaurant kitchens, and the like, because ALL that inspector can see is what he can see with his eyes. True he might be able to use some sort of device to tell whether this or that is REALLY clean, but that's only one spot. Too, like others stated below, the second the inspector leaves nothing he saw, tested, or says really means anything.
Think about it, with all of the family reunions, bake sales, etc, etc, etc that have happened in this country over the past years, that just you know of personally, how many people do you know that got sick from eating there. Yes, Aunt Bee's kitchen might not be the cleanest place in the world, but she makes a mean apple pie, and no one has been made sick, nor killed from it in the past 40 years she has been bringing them. On the other hand, how many people do you know that have been made sick by commercial kitchens, restaurants, food trucks, etc that were just inspected and passed with flying colors. I'd just about bet that most folks know more people made sick by the 'inspected' food/establishments than they do by 'Aunt Bee's' pies.
Outside of the food angle, how about the kids that got sick at the petting zoo? Out of say 10,000 kids that petted the animals, only say 10 got sick. If you look at the folks that took care of the animals and are around them 24/7, NONE of them ever had any problem.
That all said, has anyone ever thought why a lot of this happens? I think I would have to agree with an article I read years ago. The premise of the piece was that we are cleaning ourselves to death. Think about it, when you go get an inoculation against the flu, or whatever, what happens is that you are basically given a small dose of the virus so your body will have them inside and be able to make antibodies to fight them. The problem now days is that most folks are never around anything from the animal world beyond their cat or dog, or the squirrel that they just watched climb the tree in their backyard. In other words they have very little to no exposure to even a small dose of the the viruses, germs, or whatever for their body to begin forming a defense. Then, when they final do have contact, like a petting zoo, they are supplied with antibacterial wipes, and the like to insure that they kill off anything they happened to touch.
The end result of this is that most folks bodies never have the opportunity to develop even the slightest immunity to the things that they come into contact with. Say for instance it takes 10 germs to actually make you sick, unless you have some sort of immunity, but only two for your body to react and develop an immunity. So, you touch something that has say 5 germs on it, and in an ideal situation your body fights it and gets stronger. BUT to be 'safe' you break out the antibacterial wipes and kill all of the germs.
The next time you touch an object it has all 10 germs on it, and guess what, this time you don't have the wipes available to use, AND YOU GET SICK. The thing is you didn't really get sick just because you touched the 10 germs, you got sick because the last time you touched just enough to develop an immunity, you short circuited your bodies natural defenses with your antibacterial wipes.
The same holds with the food, or anything else that can make us sick. Aunt Bee's kitchen might only stay 70% clean but, as you eat her food, your body takes in those germs and will begin to develop the antibodies needed to combat the food poisioning you'd otherwise get when you eat that greasy burger off Mo's food truck at lunch.
In the end, cleanliness might be next to Godliness, but in reality cleanliness is like most other things, it's only good in moderation. Basically it's too much of a good thing, and can often be a bad thing, and might just give you the opportunity to get a lot closer to God when the germ you catch, because your body has no immunity, leaves you knocking at the Pearly Gates...
Yes, I know that's probably a bit of an extreme view, but that was the gist of the article I read, and in my own observations it really makes sense, and nearly always holds true....Heck the way I live I've got to admit I'm probably a walking example because the things I do sometimes, according to the experts, ought to have made me sick, or killed me, many times over. Now, what are your thoughts?
