How many germs can be transferred in 10 seconds of French kissing?

It may be the most fun way to build immunity.

Just 10 seconds of French kissing can transfer 80 million germs from one person's mouth to the other, according to a Dutch study published this past November in the journal Microbiome. While that may sound gross, there's a big potential benefit.

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David Roy

Totally worth it though.

Craig Bowden

Who counted them and how was it done?

First&Formost

nice bacteria

Ben

We all have bacteria whether we kiss or not. One of them is the food we eat and how they were cook esp. in restaurant or street food. I rather kiss and take the risk, better than nothing I suppose.

kgb

Craig Bowden, it reminds of when they say certain things happened 6 million years ago and I say how do they know.

Helga U. Williams

I wonder who counted the number after kissing! 😊

Joe Mangan

Colin Bill, not unless the answer is correct. If it's correct the information could be useful to franco-oscillators, as opposed to those who are past their sell-by date.