i'm too butch to carry a purse but i think it's okay to set them on counters. i don't put food on the counter unless i scrub the counter first. plus a lot of the immunological problems (including asthma) that we have today are suspected to be rooted in how sanitized our modern environments are. we need to be exposed to germs to become immune to them. our bodies have lots of defenses against all this stuff.
i want all food service and health professionals to be very clean and conscientious, because of the nature of their jobs, but i don't want to freak out about every germ. washing your hands too much can crack your skin and let germs in anyway
