SOME GERMS ARE OUT TO GET US.
He lives in Toronto..
In 2011, he was awarded an honourary Ph D in Social Media from Social Media University Global in recognition of his work to Improve hand hygiene through social media using the hashtag #handhygiene, which has now been adopted by the World Health Organization.
In 2007, he ventured out of the lab and into the TV studio for a Q&A news segment on CTV Ottawa as "The Germ Guy." He has since broadcast and written for a wide range of media, including the Toronto Star, Scientific American, The Huffington Post, the CBC and his own blog.
About the Author: JASON Tetro is a microbiologist who has spent the last 25 years learning about the effect germs have on our lives.
The Germ Files will answer Your questions about everything from preventing flu to selecting probiotics, while constantly Surprising you with revelations about the miraculous workings of the microscopic world.
Areas covered include health, hygiene, sex, childcare, nutrition and dieting.
The Germ Files is a one-stop source of the most up-to-date, life-changing information on our relationship with microbes, presented in concise and highly readable items grouped by theme.
We can help their efforts by the way we lead our lives.
The effect of germs on our lives is not, however, a one-way street.
The balance of their populations in our gut is a crucial factor in our physical and mental health.
They alert the brain to problems in different locations around the body.
They trade information about potential mates when we kiss.
They help to digest our food and operate the immune system.
Many provide services on which our well-being, our moods, our very lives depend.
The Microbes living on and inside us outnumber the cells in our bodies three to one. 9 per cent.
But we shouldn\'t let a delinquent, pathogenic minority taint our view of the other 99. . . .
SOME GERMS ARE OUT TO GET US
