Gothamist: Barefoot in the Park with Bacteria

interlard

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:38:20 -0500

But you can't wash *all* of the grass.

yomama

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:47:09 -0500

And remember to wash always with soap and water! A simple way to prevent plenty of infections.

yomama

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:43:18 -0500

As a practicing Infectious Disease specialist i'm always amused when there is a "breaking story" by the media about the emergence of some infection or other that has been around for ages. I remember when MRSA (resistant form of Staph infection) was being hyped as "deadly" recently in the news leading people to panic. It's one of the most common infections around. Development of resistance by organisms is definitely an issue epidemiologically but It's important to keep in mind that bacteria/virus/fungi are around everywhere and our bodies do a pretty good job of protecting us.

Gwinny

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:15:39 -0500

eugenejen: spelling it "moran" is a fairly well-known internet joke.

sonyactivision

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:56:58 -0500

There's another "dermatologist" who runs a website devoted to "bare, succulent, naked feet swathed in thick,quivering, sensuous grass". So obviously, there's some disagreement about this among their peers.

Barbj8

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:29:50 -0500

Check out the New York Magazine piece on being barefoot (April 28/08); it poses an interesting take on ditching your shoes.

robingee

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:37:02 -0500

Heh, people died at 30, that's what they did!

eugenejen

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:03:15 -0500

To AntB, Before we invented shoes, a lot of parasites such as hookworms get into human body through our own barefoot. That's why in ancient days, human has much shorter life spans. We just started to live much longer for most of us since 1950s. Besides, don't forget before we invented shoes, our skin in our feet is callous to protect us. While your feet now spend most of its life in shoes, the skin is soft and easier to be penetrated by invaders. Finally, it is morons, not morans

AntB

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:19 -0500

Whatever did people do for millions of years before we invented shoes? Fucking morans.

lilsubwaycrybaby

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:10:19 -0500

Why would anyone walk barefoot on grass when there is so much pavement around?

JenChungsBra

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:09:13 -0500

On a related note, how do chicks wear those tiny little open shoes all summer long where their feet are barely a quarter inch from the ground? I love sexy open heels on a hot chick as much as anyone, but by the end of the day you see a lot of dirty feet around the city.

amsci

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:44:24 -0500

Grazing in the grass is a gas, baby can you diiiiig it?

Gothamist_Cynic

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:35:55 -0500

People need to stop wearing sandals in the city.

Sinchy

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:24:37 -0500

Anywhere a dog might defecate is definitely a poor place to stroll barefoot, but barefoot in the grass is one of life's little pleasures.

cucarachita

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:21:34 -0500

I'll give you another reason not to walk barefoot in central park: the rats!!!! They're running around all over the place! You're walking around on their bathroom! If that isn't enough to keep your flip flops on, I don't know what is!

jibbly

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:21:09 -0500

Awesome! They should try seeing how much bacteria thrives on the sidewalks and the soles of everyone's shoes at the end of the day, that way NO ONE will step outside EVER!

edEx

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:20:47 -0500

In a new report conducted by the "people who think for themselves", listening to this main-stream-media will cause Cancer.

Rocknrope

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:59:15 -0500

Agreed Al_Fredo. Whatever Digg plugin you guys are using, knock it off. I didn't visit the site all weekend because it was causing my computer to hang forever.

amsci

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:52:02 -0500

Life is a sexually contracted disease that is 100% fatal!

yoplay

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:51:29 -0500

if jesus is allowing this to happen then I'm cool with it.

al_fredo

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:46:35 -0500

Uh...the Digg calls the main page is doing is making this site prohibitively slow.

mocanlagunas

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:45:53 -0500

I knew this stupid thing was going to appear also on gothamist... sheez!

JenChungsBra

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:43:23 -0500

Just another example of the media trying to scare people.

jaja007

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:26 -0500

Seriously? The level of hysteria prevalent in this culture is just staggering.