[BillJx]

I wash my hands just so people will think I'm civilized.  But it's all a front. I really don't see the point.  What I've just touched is cleaner than my hands, after all. Maybe we should wash our hands first,instead of afterward.

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Do you imagine that most food is sterile? It almost certainly isn't when it's raw.

Of course.

The potential added bacterial count from urinary tract bacteria is trivial; those from the bowels are a rather different matter.

Did you know that most of the urinary infections comes from bacteria coming from the bowels?

If the man rubs his hand across his face do you sack him for that? It is likely to add a lot more bugs to your meal.

Is the number only or even the kind of them that makes the difference?

God help him if, while tasting the food, he contaminates it with the huge range of bugs that grow in his mouth. Trust me, if he had anything like that number of bugs in his urine, he wouldn't be at work in a kitchen; he'd be in the emergency room of the local hospital.

What does "that number of bugs in his urine" mean? Even a few, but pathological ones are dangerous. I'm sure you know bacteria grow exponentially with time (after the lag phase, ≈ 2 hours). They double their number after about 20 minutes. So, 1 single bacterium left in the proper conditions of temperature, pH, active water, nutritive support, redox potential, after 12 hours has become 1,000,000,000 bacteria.

Hang on, how shocking would it be if I said that my wife cooks my food and afterwards I kiss her?

It's not the same, even because your mouth is... located in a cleaner area.

BTW, sorry, but the phrase "If I am a Sanity Inspector" seems to have lost something in translation.

Yes. "If I were a Sanitary Inspector" is the correct way, I suppose.