True, but bacteria can get into open wounds and cause infections.
Viruses are a different matter, and I think that’s what Rober was primarily demonstrating, how easily a virus, like those that cause the flu, can spread.
Make a list of chores in order of priority and set yourself a time limit. When the time is up, go to bed, even if you haven’t completed the list.
Or are you both obsessive compulsive? (And before anyone writes a withering comment, I have a tendency toward OCD myself. Nothing serious, but just a slight tendency that way.)
The coffee table art book must not have really been that valuable to you since you just stood there and let her destroy it.