The Swiss professor Andreas Gutzeit, who specializes in bacterial analysis, tested the "contents" of men's beards with a special scanner and obtained surprising results.
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Dirtier than a stray dog
According to Gutzeit, the beard of an average man has more bacteria than the hair of stray dogs. Researchers at the University of Hamburg, who reached an even more alarming conclusion, agree with their colleagues and found that the COVID-19 virus strain survives longer in beards! Additionally, bearded men are active spreaders of the infection, even if they wear a mask because the beard makes it loose around the chin.
Moreover, the beard leaves traces of food in it, which are not visible to the eye. While cooking, the beard absorbs vapors, oil, and hairs are covered by a fat film and create an environment optimal for the reproduction of bacteria, which then with breath scatter several meters.
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