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Could Yankee Stadium Bathroom Sex Couple Get STD From Toilet Seat?
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 17, 2012
Modified Sep 17, 2012
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Published Sep 17, 2012
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Yesterday, Deadspin published an account of two Yankees fans (well, the guy was wearing a C.C. Sabathia shirt) having sex on a Yankee Stadium public restroom toilet seat. We know this because the tipster took photos and video of the humping couple from over the stall door.
The tipster said:
Initially the bathroom was empty, but soon I noticed 2 sets of legs in a stall. I pointed it out to a few people . . . more and more people started to notice and some must have told others who were not in the bathroom, who showed up just to see this. The story gained some legs and in a matter of minutes a rather large crowd had developed. It must be noted that a couple of the on-lookers were stadium employees. I found a little irony in it . . . they weren't security personnel but they were equipped with walkie-talkies. Thought it was amusing that they should probably be using one of those walkie-talkies to call someone to do something about it . . . no one wants to blow the whistle on something as epic as this!!!
... The beginning of the end was when one on-looker screamed out "Make that bitch scream." The couple finally realized they were being watched . . . there were a few words exchanged b/w an onlooker and the porn star . . . they both told each other to go fuck themsevles . . the onlooker eventually banged on the door and told the porn star he'll fuck him up. Nothing materialized from it though. Amazingly enough the couple actually still went at it for a few more minutes afterward. At that point stadium employees had alerted security
Other amusing factoids: Stadium employees asked the tipster to "text them or show them the footage" and the woman got a "slow clap" ovation from the onlooker/onlisteners. The Yankees are reportedly aware of the incident but have not made any statements about whether fan sex was the new Rally Squirrel.
As for the health risks, Dr. Philip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology and diagnostic immunology at NYU Medical Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center, told Everyday Health that while germs can live on toilet seats, "The bulk of the organisms found are basically fecal-borne bacteria," like "E. coli (which can cause bloody diarrhea or abdominal cramps), streptococcus (the bug behind strep throat), or S. aureus (linked to serious skin problems or pneumonia)." Everyday Health notes:
But just because they’re on the seat doesn't mean they’ll make you sick. That’s because your skin acts as a very effective barrier to keep germs out (unless you have an open wound or lesion on your behind)."
What about the herpes virus, HIV, or other sexually transmitted diseases? These organisms don't survive for long outside the human body, especially not on a cold, hard toilet seat. And to infect you, they need to enter either through an open cut or sore or via a mucous membrane (your mouth or rectum, for example), which wouldn't normally come into contact with the seat. All this makes the odds of infection from just sitting down miniscule.
And Abigail Salyers, PhD, president of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), told WebMD, "To my knowledge, no one has ever acquired an STD on the toilet seat -- unless they were having sex on the toilet seat!" Then again, your pillow is FULL OF GERMS.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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