Re: Hand Sanitizer -- yea or nay?
Exactly - Ajani.
I would say this:
1) Yes, hand washing CORRECTLY is that gold standard for preventing disease spread. Period.
2) Handwashing is done incorrectly and inconsistently by a large portion of the population.
3) handwashing is not available in all situations.
4) Because of points 2 and 3 - hand sanitizer (especially ethanol-based) is an excellent substitute for those situations. yes, there are a very small percentage of germs that are not completely wiped out by ethanol. yes, there will be a small amount of toxin released from some bacteria when they are lysed by the sanitizer. However, that is still WAY better than those germs entering the body, replicating, and THEN releasing MORE of the toxin when our body's defense systems kill them.
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