Bearded Men are Gross

Researchers at the Hirslanden Clinic near Zurich, Switzerland, recently ran out of things to research.  They decided—since they had the resources—to compare the bacterial load in colony-forming units (CFU) of human-pathogenic microorganisms in specimens sampled from the beards of 18 men to samples taken from the fur of 30 dogs.

Turns out, the beards of men are gross.

Clinically gross.

All of the bearded men exhibited high microbial counts.  Only 23 of the 30 dogs showed elevated counts.  Moreover, seven of the men had beards that put them at risk of serious infection.

—Mitchell Hegman

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