Fun(gus) Times

I hope that all of my readers need to be concerned about bacterial infections at the gym, because that means that you go to the gym. If you don't, then you have much more worrisome problems to consider, like heart disease and cancer. That will render less horrifying this article from the New York Times about "MRSA...athlete’s foot, jock itch, boils, impetigo, herpes simplex and ringworm, all of which you are rather likely to be exposed to while working out."

So, make sure that you keep your dirty clothes separate from your clean ones (and keep them in different bags, like maybe a plastic one from the grocery store), wash your hands before and after you work out, and shower off well when you're done. If you don't think you're likely to be exposed to something nasty, consider this -

"At any given time, he said in an interview, one person in three in the United States suffers from a skin disease that can be spread to others, even while in the incubation stage."