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Freedom Fox's avatar

I'm old enough to remember when hospitals were concerned about the overuse of hand sanitizers and antibacterial soaps. Resulting in "superbugs" resistant to medical treatments. Warning about overuse creating the rapid evolution as microbiological threats that could survive alcohol and other sterilizing chemicals, faster than normal evolution would allow.

And then, 2020, those cautions were thrown to the wind. Never mind about a little passing poisonous air and poisonous water in Carson, California. Microbiology that spreads all over the world, untreatable. seems a bit more concerning. But it didn't matter. 'Cause, the flu.

Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

Science Translational Medicine, August 1, 2018

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.aar6115

Superbugs: Everything you need to know

Medical News Today, November 21, 2019

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327093#symptoms

Strange but True: Antibacterial Products May Do More Harm Than Good

Antibacterial soaps and other cleaners may actually be aiding in the development of superbacteria.

Scientific American, June 7, 2007

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-antibacterial-products-may-do-more-harm-than-good/

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carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

what did any of the green hysterics have to say about this? where was greta doomsberg? john kerry and his merry band of "special humans" who are saving the world?

i was hit by a car on feb 25, 2020 and when the "pandemic" started, was in a wheelchair. at one doctor's appointment (deemed essential), my boyfriend was not allowed in. the patients stood outside, 6 ft apart, waiting for their turn at the hand sanitizing station and a crack at answering stupid questions like "do you have a fever?"

when it was my turn, i said in my loudest voice "I WON'T USE THAT STUFF! IT CAUSES CANCER AND POLLUTES THE WATERWAYS!" oh dear, a troublemaker.

i said i would wash my hands in the ladies room with good old fashioned soap and that was an acceptable compromise.

the vast empty waiting room, probably 50' across stood between me and the soap. somehow it was ok for me to wheel myself to the ladies room, my hands gripping wheels that had recently been in the outside dirt and gravel. you can throw off a lot of viral particles in 50.' the covid woman accompanied me but did not touch the wheelchair. of course it would have been cleaner on my hands (and less work for me!) had she pushed me, but i guess she was only there to make sure i didn't go rogue.

she stood outside the ladies room while i ran a bit of cold water and shook my hands dry. does anyone actually use that awful soap?

everyone was satisfied with the charade and as far as i know, there were no deaths caused by my inadequate hand hygiene.

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