Page 1 of Flies!!! Damn flies!!!

I've always been quite disgusted when a fly lands on food, usually throwing it away. Now it looks like I have some logic to back up what I thought was just my irrational disgust...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42113217

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The house fly, which is ubiquitous around the world, was found to harbour 351 types of bacteria. The blowfly, which is found in warmer climates, carried 316. A large number of these bacteria were carried by both types of fly.

The researchers, who published their study in the journal Scientific Reports, say flies may have been overlooked by public health officials as a source of disease outbreaks.




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Now Imagine working in the ER all those humans walking in ..,not knowing how they live and how clean they are. And what brings them to the ER and what is their health history and how much they aren't telling you. Times that with the fly in the wall.