Touchscreen devices are everywhere, from GPS units to smartphones and MP3 players. Want to know what they all have in common (other than touch displays)? Germs.
“If you’re sharing the device, then you’re sharing your influenza with someone else who touches it,” said Timoty Julian, a Stanford University doctoral student who co-authored a study on the spread of viruses.
Julian, and those like him, spend their time worrying about all those touchscreen devices harboring germs and viruses. But do they have reason to worry?
“If you put a virus on a surface, like an iPhone, about 30 percent of it will get on your fingertips,” Julian said. “A fair amount of it may go from your fingers to your eyes, mouth, or nose.”
What do you think, Maximum PC readers — is this a legitimate concern, or much ado about nothing?
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