Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don’t seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it’s an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I’ve met that smell bad are usually you’re average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I’ve met a concerning number of people who don’t seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don’t even bathe regularly; it’s starting to become an issue for me, as I don’t even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?

  • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Bacteria come from the environment. I don’t understand how the iodine treatment you recommend prevents future exposure.

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      7 months ago

      You’re not preventing bacterial growth, you’re resetting your biome to encourage aerobic bacterial growth which is less likely to produce foul smells. Bacteria is everywhere, only some of it smells.