Will you have a plastic bag or the plague?

Will you have a plastic bag or the plague? « Watchdog.org:
"As a major case study in Oregon revealed, norovirus is transmitted through a reusable grocery tote.  A bag of cookies, chips and grapes for a girls’ soccer team were contaminated with norovirus, resulting in severe vomiting, diarrhea and hospitalization.
When the bag was tested – two weeks later – it still contained norovirus.
THE $33,000 BAN: The city of Santa Fe is spending more than $33,000 in taxpayer dollars for costs associated with banning plastic grocery bags,
BAN THE BAGS: Many environmentalists are promoting a ban on plastic bags, but unfortunately they are doing more harm than good.
In other tests, half of reusable grocery bags had coliform bacteria on them and eight percent had E. coli — fecal contamination."