Do Toilet Seat Covers Really Protect You?

Toilet seat covers protect you from gross germs, right? Here's the truth.

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Microbiological Hazards of Household Toilets: Droplet Production and the Fate of Residual Organisms
http://aem.asm.org/content/30/2/229.s...
"Large numbers of bacteria and viruses when seeded into household toilets were shown to remain in the bowl after flushing, and even continual flushing could not remove a persistent fraction."

Why Using Toilet Seat Liners Is Basically Pointless
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06...
"Are you one of those people who always grabs a paper liner before sitting down on the loo? Surely, you do so to prevent catching a disease from someone else's, er, splashes that may be left on the toilet seat."
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