Originally Posted by AINITFUNNY

Just wait till you end up in emergency at the end of your flight with a MRSA infection later FIGHTING FOR YOUR VERY LIFE, your entire bodyand bloodstream septic and resistant to most ALL antibiotics in our medical armory against disease.
Or, have a nice big dose of NECROTIZING FASCITIS (flesh eating disease) start working its way turning your arms and legs black eating them away and perhaps you won't scoff at the danger presented and think twice about even TOUCHING socks that have touched that carpet let alone wearing them for the duration of a long flight where a hot sweaty foot can multiply any bacteria you picked up on your socks a millionfold.