I watch American Pickers. Those guys crawl through barns to find stuff. I hear them say things like "There are piles of raccoon poop up here.; I put my hands in something squishy." And, they don't wear gloves! They are almost never sick if you look at the number of shows they have produced. Maybe it's all 'TV magic', or maybe we are blowing this rodent poop stuff out of proportion. Just don't eat it!
George