• omega_x3@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Why are there germs on your hands right after washing them? Didn’t mythbusters already test it and concluded that they are only bad when people don’t really wash their hands.

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      5 days ago

      Yes.

      The followup question is “how many people think getting their hands wet without soap is sufficient hand-washing” and the answer is not terribly comforting.

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      5 days ago

      Do you ever watch people wash their hands? Many wet them then dry them. A few rub a little soap around them. Nearly no one does the full hand wash method recommended by health organisations (where each finger is individually washed)

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        4 days ago

        To be fair they probably didn’t rub each individual finger over their disgusting body parts while in the toilet.