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Hairyloon
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wellington womble
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I dread to think what it’s made of. I think it’s a good thing it’s causing people to think, even if they aren’t thinking it through far enough.
1) it’s antibacterial. Says nothing at all about it’s effectiveness against a virus!
2) they all say 99 percent effective. Well so is plain ol soap and water. Although only if used properly.
3) as virtually no one who hasn’t done a stint in an operating theatre does wash their hands properly, then anti-bac is more effective in general use, so it’s a good thing it’s out there.
4) people use it more, because it’s fast and easy and you can carry it with you, or use it at a door. And if you want 30 children to wash their hands as they enter a classroom, forget it. You can gel them all, though. Same at other gathering places. Pity there is none left, really.
I’m not a fan of it, myself, I find it dries my hands out. I did use it in hospitals to limit cross infection as I moved around them, but as I no longer work in clinical areas, it’s not necessary for us at home.
The very best thing you can to limit your own chances of being infected is NEVER to touch your face or your food (unless you have just washed your hands, of course) you can’t really keep if off your hands if you are out and about, and that’s fine. It won’t infect YOU on you hands (although you can pass it on, so that’s why good handwashing is important to limit the spread to others) but you can keep it out of your body if you don’t touch your face. I forget the exact numbers, but we touch our faces something like 40 times an hour, and that’s where the virus gets in. That’s why face masks work. It’s so much not that you might breathe it in, it’s that you don’t touch your face, and they heighten awareness big time. They are also so deeply unpleasant to wear that you will likely avoid anything that means you must wear them, and would get busted immediately if you didn’t, so it’s easy to police.
I’ve fallen out of the habits over years, and it is a hard habit to break (working in hospitals with norovirus will usually do it.) or you could pay fifty quid for a bottle of anti bac gel on eBay (I kid you not!) |
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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Hairyloon
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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