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The Hygiene Hypothesis - Are You a Germaphobe?

"I'm not a germaphobe because I can just be like, oh God, that's fine. Your fingers touch your mouth," he says. "But at the same time, you know what it is? It was the, it was flesh eating bacteria when it was going around Georgia for a little while." A mutual friend whose girlfriend won't even keep her toothbrush in the bathroom made him think about his own habits and how they relate to germs.

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