> Yes, washing hands help against bacteria and other some types of viral infection including COVID19. This is pure conjecture, at least when you try to apply i

> Yes, washing hands help against bacteria and other some types of viral infection including COVID19. This is pure conjecture, at least when you try to apply it to covid. There is no evidence that has linked hand-washing to a lesser incidence of sars-cov-2 infection. There isn't even a single case definitvely linked to a fomite even 2 years later, afaik. From day one, this was a respiratory disease that spreads through respiratory droplets which travel through the air. In the context of covid, hand washing is just a ritual that lowers your anxiety and gives you a sense of control over the randomness of the world, much like rain dances or haruspicy were for ancient people.