• Question: how do we get bacteria

    Asked by mak2016 to Ajay, Kate, Kuntal, Pip, Reka on 11 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Abi_256, Avanti2005.
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      Reka Nagy answered on 11 Nov 2016:

      There are some bacteria that happily live inside us – these are ‘good’ bacteria helping us digest our food and they even help fight other bacteria and viruses.

      The ‘bad’ bacteria that can make us sick we pick up from our environment – either through the air, from water or food, or by coming into contact with people who are already sick.

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