[pct-l] Handshakes

[Eric Lee]

Michael wrote:
>
I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as a "balanced ecosystem of germs"
since every day we are exposed to thousands, if not millions of new viruses
and bacteria every day.
>

I'm no biologist but I'm pretty sure there is such a thing.  I guess the
technically correct term would be "functional stability" such as used in
this microbiology paper, for example:

http://mmbr.asm.org/content/62/4/1157.full

But since everyone's in agreement that trading fecal matter is something to
be discouraged, I guess we can drop it. :-)

Eric