Not a huge shock, but people walking barefoot through the security screen may be picking up some nasty diseases. Even people in socks aren't safe. A llocal TV station took a sample from the carpet in SFO.
Dr. Daniel Lee: "I do have real concerns with what you have found. Staffoid is an organism that can cause skin infections that go deep through the layers. The other organism that I saw was nazeria, which is of the species that can lead to gonorrhea."
Dr. Dean Edell: "It is really gross. I mean, I look at it and think, 'Am I the only one noticing this?' It's been matted down by sweaty greasy feet for months and months and months."
ABC7's Dr. Dean Edell says it's real, it's gross and without reports like this, some diseases passed along could go easily unnoticed.
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