olddogrib, that is better said than I could have ever composed even though I was going to attempt it. The flu shot is precisely the reason the flu keeps getting worse. Our kids are sickly because they don't play in the dirt and woods any more. If yoou aren't allowed to build an immunity to it, you are going to get sick from it. Prety simpple but the world we live in calls for these "precautions" as protocal. Anybody here with kids knws what it s like while young and in school. They simply stay sick all year long because of these supposed improvements.
My mother, wife, and grandmothers use/used the same apron to carry bread dough in, that was kneaded from the same table we ate at, which was wiped down with the same dish cloth they used for the dishes, sink, and counters for the day. No bleech, lysol, or disinfectant unless something was spilled or it was/is mopping day.
Don't get me wrong, basic sanitation is a must if you want to stay healthy, but sanitation requires precautions and common sense, not chemicals that kill everything, including you. My kids played in the floor and dirt, went bare footed and alwas had dirty feet and dirty hands from good ole dirt. Both are healthy, strong, and physiical specimens while many of their classmates are weakling's.
Use your head when dealing with anything you intend to eat. But store bought and chemical, disease ridden food is what you better be thinking about. God Bless