Shocker! Touchscreen cellphones are dirty

If you have even the slightest inclination towards Mysophobia then please, do yourself a favor and stop reading now. A Stanford University study found that if you put a virus on a touchscreen surface then about 30 percent of it will make the jump to the fingertips of anyone who touches it. From there it goes into the eyes, mouth, or nose -- whichever face-hole needs a rub most. And just to drive the point home, the Sacramento Bee adds this little nugget from an unspecified British study:

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