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> That's specifically about doctors washing their hands to prevent disease. Not prevention of disease, but preventing its spread. Doctors were a common transm
by oldgradstudent 3y ago
> That's specifically about doctors washing their hands to prevent disease.
Not prevention of disease, but preventing its spread.
Doctors were a common transmission vector of infectious disease across history.
- enkid 3y agoI don't see a meaningful distinction between "preventing disease" and "preventing spread of disease" in this context given we're talking about pathogens.
- sornaensis 3y agoThe doctor isnt the one in danger dying or getting sick, that seems like a big distinction and probably the reason people were skeptical of it.