Sure, you like other people. You just don't like their germs. If public restrooms, ATM keypads and elevator buttons are the germ-infested stuff of nightmares for you, you may well be a germophobe. (If, on the other hand, you hardly ever think about germs in public places, congratulations on not becoming too obsessed... but you may be more likely to get sick when cold and flu season rolls around.) Read on for a few valiant, virus-fighting gadgets and inventions that can help even the most antibacterial-lotion-addicted germophobe use a public restroom without fear. Because it's the germs' world. We just live in it.

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