Reply #17: Madison Avenue has made us fearful of any and all "germs"...

[BiggJawn]

Anti-bacterial this and anti-bacterial that...I stopped using all that stuff when I considered what would happen to the bacteria that managed to escape the lemon-scented anti-biotic onslaught from my dishrag...

My kid was totally indoctrinated. EVERY sniffle, stuff nose, cugh, etc. and she wanted me to haul her to the sawbones so she could "get something for this". Never mind that I explained that there was nothing he could give her,(Hell, the doctor even had posters in his exam rooms explaining that he would not prescribe anything for a cold because it wouldn't work)but she thought I was being "mean"...

"Ask your Docotr"...Abnd if he won't give you amoxicillin, somebody else will....

Really, there's a lot of "germs" out there that won't do a damn thing to you...Let your kids play in the dirt, like I did. They'll be healthier for it.