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[...] In 2013, researchers at Michigan State University carried out a thankless, if mildly creepy, study. They observed how more than 3,500 residents of their college town used the sink at various restrooms after they carried out their business.
Some 10 percent of people observed chose not to wash their hands at all, which is simply not an acceptable way to end a trip to the bathroom. But even the vast majority of people who tried to wash their hands managed to totally flub the proper routine. Almost a quarter of people washed their hands without soap, for instance. And only 5 percent washed their hands for at least 15 seconds or longer, which is actually lower than the 20-second minimum of handwashing recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://gizmodo.com/in-a-world-of-mrsa-and-superfungi-you-need-to-start-wa-1833889953
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:44PM (6 children)
How long until some people claim that washing your hands causes autism or similar?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Freeman on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:53PM
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/publications-data-stats.html [cdc.gov]
How about just some plain soap and water? That way we don't keep breeding anti-bacterial resistant strains.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:56PM (1 child)
The first guy to suggest doctors should wash their hands was ridiculed by them and thrown in an insane asylum where he was beaten to death:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis [wikipedia.org]
Do not fuck with doctors, they can be quite evil little beings.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @09:04PM
And the bastards "washed their hands" of the outcome, didn't they!?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 12 2019, @02:25AM (2 children)
Well, it certainly causes a less robust immune system than not washing them. Me, I prefer somewhere in between filth and sterility. Saves time and keeps me from having to go to the doctor unless I get injured.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @02:33PM (1 child)
The problem with sucked like this is that washing your hands is a kind of deal with the devil. Most of the bacteria you wash or kill via hand soap are perfectly fine to have on your skin. By excessive washing you remove probs of your immune system hoping to also remove the small number of bacteria that have harmful byproducts.
The folks doing the rinse are doing it right in most cases. It's not enough if you've dropped a deuce and touched all that stuff, but it's fine after having taken a leak.
Trying to keep anything sanitize for long is a folks errand and should really be reserved for times when you're putting your hands in your body or touching many people.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 12 2019, @06:38PM
I dunno about you but I prefer not to touch shit with my hands, so I use toilet paper. Otherwise I'd still be a plumber. The pay was pretty damned good.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.