• snailwizard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I am not a microbiologist. However I do know that bacteria are pretty resilient, and most pathogens and parasites can live for at least a few hours outside of a host. Plus your skin is really not all that smooth at a microscopic level, there are all sorts of little nooks and crannies to hold onto.

    Drowning wouldn’t really be a concern for them, imo, but additives like chlorine are specifically meant to be disinfectants.