Can You Guess the Nastiest Surface in Your Local Grocery Store?

While most Louisianans will spend a little time in the grocery store each week, that number exponentially increases this time of year.

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During the Thanksgiving season, it's all about the food, so those trips to the market will be more frequent and likely for a lot longer periods of time.

And it just so happens that Thanksgiving rolls around each year when we're loaded down with germs; from the regular cough and colds, to allergies and likely the occasional encounter with flu or COVID.

COVID Taught Us To Limit Exposure To Germs We Aren't Accustomed To

And if the COVID pandemic taught us anything, we gained a valuable lesson in the importance of avoiding germs that our bodies haven't yet had the chance to develop a resistance.

READ MORE: The Hidden Dangers of a Louisiana Thanksgiving

Obviously there are places loaded with more germs, but the sheer volume of health killers in everyday grocery stores, and where those germs are most likely to gather, is staggering.

We Need To Remember that Grocery Stores Aren't Germ Free

When you walk into the grocery store, probably the last thing you consider is just what things you should NOT touch in an effort to avoid germs. I mean, it's a grocery store. Things should be relatively clean in there, right?

Well, that would be a yes and no kind of answer. All in all, we are blessed here in  Louisiana with some of the finest grocery stores in the country, however there are a few items that you might want to avoid touching, especially during cold and flu season.

Researchers went to 24 different grocery stores and swabbed just about every surface in the store to determine what were the germiest and I'm betting that you can't guess what the nastiest, germiest surface is. It might explain why so many people got hit so quickly with coronavirus at the onset of the pandemic.

I'm not advocating any type of germaphobia, but when you consider just where the hands have been that have already touched these things before, it might make you consider wearing rubber gloves anytime you're grocery shopping.

Take a look at The 9 Most Germ-Infested Things You'll Touch in a Grocery Store!