I'm amazed any of us ever reached adulthood without yet another one of these lovely reports.

Look I have 4 kids, ages 20 down to 7. They were raised with animals of all sorts, running around in the yard (gawd knows yes they probably stepped in bird poop!!!!! ), we go to the zoo, we keep "exotics", we visit farms. I must be a terrible parent to expose the little darlings to all these terrible germs. Perhaps it's best if we keep them indoors, wrapped in cottonwool - I bet that will really help those developing immune systems.

Common sense - wash your hands, if it licks it's own butt try to NOT let it kiss your mouth, be a parent and watch your toddler (but remember this is the child that will eat his own boogers and those of his friends) - just good old common sense. So far it's worked fine for my family.