Go wash your hands (again) - (Chicago Tribune)
September 24, 2007 – 9:08 pmThe U.S. has, according to this editorial, just concluded National Clean Hands Week, brought to you by the Soap and Detergent Association.
The soapmakers and their partners, the American Society for Microbiology, would like to remind us to wash our hands before and after meals or snacks, before and after preparing food, before changing a diaper or wiping a runny nose, after using the restroom, after petting the dog, after touching a public surface or whenever you or someone around you is ill or breathing. Right now, in other words. Yes, we know you washed at the end of the first paragraph, but it’s time to do it again.
The editorial says that a national obsession with germs is evident everywhere. There are free wet-wipes at the grocery store so you can clean the previous shopper’s nasty fingerprints off the cart. Preschools are teaching our kids to sneeze into their sleeves instead […]
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