DOUBLE NO NO – 1. STANDING TOO CLOSE TO OTHERS & 2. CELL PHONES ARE LOADED- WITH GERMS

That’s right. Personal touch-screen devices like iPhones, iPads carry more germs than a toilet in a subway bathroom, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.

And that’s not even the half of it. The study also found that these devices are so good at spreading viruses, that sharing them may be as bad as sneezing in someone’s face.

“If you’re sharing the device, then you’re sharing a virus with someone else who touches it,” Timothy Julian, a Stanford University doctoral student who co-authored the study, told the Sacramento Bee.

“If you put virus on a surface, like an iPhone, about 30 percent of it will get on your fingertips,” Julian said.