The thread provided was a highway to bacterial infection through the baby's umbilical cord, and the blade used was the kind that men used for shaving, and they did not want it anywhere close to them.
El hilo proporcionado conduciría a una infección bacteriana a través del cordón umbilical del bebé, y la cuchilla era del tipo que los hombres usan para afeitarse, y no la querían ni tener cerca.