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I'm not sure what "dirty" is, but a major reason for Western cleanliness was Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of medicine and statistics: Washing of hands wasn'
by aeonik 3y ago
I'm not sure what "dirty" is, but a major reason for Western cleanliness was Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of medicine and statistics:
Washing of hands wasn't a big thing before her.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
- Dylan16807 3y agoThe argument being made is that in terms of achieving cleanliness, wrapping things in plastic is the opposite of washing your hands.
- aeonik 3y agoYour hands get raw after washing too much. Wrapping things up is a natural progression from constant hand washing.
- Dylan16807 3y agoHand washing doesn't need to be constant to be effective in the vast majority of situations, especially the situations where you're setting up a big bunch of items and you could wrap them.