About that fecal matter on the scanner

Courtesy of Knuckledraggin 

“If you've been using the self-service checkout line a lot, you might want to reconsider during your next visit to the grocery store… or at least wash your hands afterward.

“Scientists with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine swabbed customer checkout areas of multiple locations, along with handrails, door handles and keyboards and found that store self-checkout areas had the highest bacterial loads.

“Results showed the checkout areas had five harmful bacteria known to cause diseases, including fecal bacteria.”

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/study-self-service-checkouts-covered-in-fecal-matter-bacteria

Comment at Knujckledraggin: "The study was done in England, so you can draw your own conclusions."

Is anybody really surprised that various and sundry germs are running around self-checkout areas?