BARBARA-LEE: THEIR WORDS OF WISDOM PASSED DOWN FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION, BUT
ARE THEY TRUE?
CARLO: FROM THE FIVE SECOND RULE
TO HOW SAFE IT IS TO LET A DOG
LICK YOU VIEWED STEVE PRICE
VERIFIES SOME OLD WIVES TALES.
STEVE: OLD WIVES TALES ARE OFTEN
EXAGGERATED CLAIMS WITH A FEW
INACCURATE DETAILS, BUT ARE SOME
TRULY WORDS TO LIVE BY?
YOU HAVE BEEN CRAVING THAT
COOKIE ALL DAY, AND THEN IT HITS
THE PORCH -- THE FLOOR?
IF YOU PICK IT UP AND FIVE
SECONDS OR LESS, IS IT STILL
SAFE TO EAT?
>> THERE IS NO FIVE SECOND RULE.
WHOEVER SAID THAT JUST WANTED TO
EAT THE COOKIE ON THE GROUND.
STEVE: MEET A BOARD-CERTIFIED
FAMILY MEDICAID -- MEDICINE
DOCTOR WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. HE SAYS IF YOU KNOW YOUR KITCHEN
FOR -- FLOOR IS CLEAN AND YOU
PICK SOMETHING UP, THERE'S A
GOOD CHANCE IT DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH BACTERIA TO CAUSE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS BUT THAT CAN VARY FROM
FOOD TO FOOD.
>> MOIST FOOD ABSORB QUICKER.
STEVE: UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU
DROP FOOD ON THE GROUND IN AN
AREA WHERE YOU AREN'T SURE THE
LAST TIME IT WAS CLEANED, EVEN
IF YOU PICK IT UP IN ONE SECOND,
YOU SHOULD NOT RISK EATING IT.
>> THAI FOOD, SALMONELLA, THESE
ARE DIFFERENT BACTERIA.
STEVE: THE FIVE SECOND RULE IS
FALSE.
FALSE.
FALSE. I
FALSE. I HOPE WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT AT
A PARTY, DIPPING A CHIP INTO
SALSA, TAKING A BITE AND THEN
DIPPING THE CHIP BACK INTO THE
BOWL IS GROSS.
BUT CAN YOU SPREAD GERMS DOUBLE
DIPPING?
DIPPING?
DIPPING? THE DOCTOR VERIFIES THAT IS
TRUE.
TRUE.
TRUE. GERMS CAN BE SPREAD THAT WAY.
HE RECOMMENDS STAYING AWAY FROM
DIP CONTAINERS IN PUBLIC
SETTINGS.
SETTINGS.
SETTINGS. >> YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AT A
PARTY OR YOUR WITH STRANGERS,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE
BEEN NORTH THEY HAVE A COLD.
STEVE: THERE ARE PLENTY OF GERMS
AND BATHROOMS, SO IS IT TRUE
THAT YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF BY
DOING THIS?
DOING THIS? PUTTING TOILET PAPER OR OTHER
COVER ON THE SEAT BEFORE SITTING
DOWN?
DOWN?
DOWN? THE
DOWN? THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
>> TOILET SEAT COVERS DON'T
REALLY DO MUCH IN TERMS OF
PROTECTING YOU FROM GERMS AND
DISEASES.
DISEASES.
DISEASES. STUDIES SHOW YOU ARE NOT REALLY
GOING TO GET A LOT OF TRANSFER
FROM TOILET SEAT TO YOUR REAR.
STEVE: WE CAN VERIFY THAT IS
FALSE.
FALSE.
FALSE. THE DOCTOR SAYS YOUR BIGGER
CHANCE FOR GERM TRANSFER COMES
FROM TOUCHING THE HANDLE TO
FLUSH THE TOILET.
>> HYGIENE, HYGIENE, HYGIENE.
MAKE SURE YOU WASH YOUR HANDS
ANY TIME YOU TOUCH SOMETHING
THAT WAS TOUCHED BY SOMEBODY
ELSE.
ELSE.
ELSE. STEVE: SOME DOGS REALLY LOVE TO
GIVE KISSES, BUT COULD THAT
LOVING GET YOU SICK?
THE DOCTOR VERIFIES THAT IS
TRUE.
TRUE.
TRUE. >>
TRUE. >> ANIMALS GET INTO ALL SORTS OF
THINGS, INCLUDING CREVICES ON
THEMSELVES AND ELSEWHERE.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT TRANSFERRED
ONTO YOU.
ONTO YOU.
ONTO YOU. STEVE: A WISCONSIN MAN HAD PART
OF HIS LEGS AND FOREARMS
AMPUTATED BECAUSE OF A DOG LICK
THAT LED TO A RARE INFECTION.
DOCTORS SAY YOU ARE MORE LIKELY
TO DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAN
FROM A DOG LICK.
BARBARA-LEE: HMM.
BARBARA-LEE: HMM. CARLO: ONE OF MY DOGS RANDOMLY
LICKS THE FLOOR.
BARBARA-LEE: SO THE FIVE SECOND
RULE IS OK IN YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE
YOUR DOG IS CLEANING THE FLOOR.
CARLO: THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT.
BARBARA-LEE: MY DOG