Originally Posted by
noFODplease
Honestly, these comments about picking up ‘foot germs’ at security - if you are content to touch an x-ray tray or a even a single door handle on your aircraft without gloves, why on earth would you concerned about feet? It’s a complete non issue.
At any airport you are so much more likely to catch a virus or bug from your bare hands than a verruca from the floor yet even right now there is no demand for constant glove wearing.
Everyone’s feet will be fine.
It’s not a worry about catching a bug or infection. Germs do not always imply infection- many just imply colonisation. Walking barefoot through the scanner in a concentrated path alongside several hundred other strangers just feels unhygienic. I’ll rephrase ‘foot germs’ to ‘foot jam’.
I’m not that bothered about catching bugs, but would rather not walk in someone else’s sweat and grease. Urine is sterile too unless the person has a UTI.
Thankfully I’ve always got socks on.