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Touching the soap doesn’t matter at all. You’re about to wash it all off your hands. Soap and water definitely work to reduce infections, even when using a sha
by javagram 7y ago
Touching the soap doesn’t matter at all. You’re about to wash it all off your hands.
Soap and water definitely work to reduce infections, even when using a shared sink. Look up what happened in the 19th century when people finally figured this out and started hand washing regularly, infectious disease transmission in settings like hospitals dropped dramatically.
- copperx 7y agoIn the 19th century infections were cut drastically when hands were washed with water only. Imagine what soap can do.
- literallycancer 7y agoThey started from not washing hands between autopsies and surgeries though. Talk about low hanging fruit.