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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
How true is this, really? 'Cause, back in my day, it was always the dirty-ass kids who smelled like pee and dirty underwear who got lice. To be fair, there were other non-dirty kids who got it, but they were the exception, not the norm. They probably got it from sharing combs with the dirty kids.
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http://kidshealth.org/parent/infecti...mmon/lice.html
(Look at the prevention section)
It may be that in your experience the "dirty-ass kids" got them the most - but what happened is probably the "non-dirty kids" parents (being more responsible) actually did the proper treatment and follow-up, while the parents of the "d-a" kids did not, and so they had them longer, or were re-infested.
Lice are spread through direct contact or through sharing things like bruses. Dirt isn't an issue in infection.