[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I was in a toilet in a bar in Texas one time and this girl came out of the toilet and came over to me and said "Don't judge me for not washing my hands" so weird, why not just wash them and then I won't judge you, you filthy bitch! Literally would have taken her as long as telling me that

yuk

[Crimson Dynamo]

so one imagines that you have to then disinfect taps after you wash?

and car doors, front door handles, bathroom door handle?

this all after you have washed your hands as the virus can stay on hard surfaces for 5 days

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

so one imagines that you have to then disinfect taps after you wash?

and car doors, front door handles, bathroom door handle?

this all after you have washed your hands as the virus can stay on hard surfaces for 5 days

Are you saying you never wash your hands LT?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Are you saying you never wash your hands LT?

no

I am saying that if you have been to work and the advice is to wash hands when you get home (and lets face it you have touched your face and mouth umpteen times in the car) presumably one would need to disinfect the steering whel, car door inner, front door, bathroom door and taps after you wash your hands?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

no

I am saying that if you have been to work and the advice is to wash hands when you get home (and lets face it you have touched your face and mouth umpteen times in the car) presumably one would need to disinfect the steering whel, car door inner, front door, bathroom door and taps after you wash your hands?

Well you can't realistically go around sterilising everything but washing your hands is something you can realistically do. I'm sure it all helps. Let's do nothing because we can't do everything is a defeatist and unhelpful attitude imo

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well you can't realistically go around sterilising everything but washing your hands is something you can realistically do. I'm sure it all helps. Let's do nothing because we can't do everything is a defeatist and unhelpful attitude imo

The virus is spread by breath and by touch - i feel this advice is just to make us think we are doing something but logically its bollocks and about as useless as a mask

[GoldHeart]

Bacteria is everywhere, not everything will harm you . But you have to just be as clean & hygienic as you can, no need to be obsessive over it.

[James]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

so one imagines that you have to then disinfect taps after you wash?

and car doors, front door handles, bathroom door handle?

this all after you have washed your hands as the virus can stay on hard surfaces for 5 days

Wash your hands, dry them with a disposable towel, clean the tap with the towel and throw the towel in the bin.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by James

Wash your hands, dry them with a disposable towel, clean the tap with the towel and throw the towel in the bin.

and disinfect all hard surfaces you touched prior to washing so that is your phone , steering wheel, front door etc?

[James]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and disinfect all hard surfaces you touched prior to washing so that is your phone , steering wheel, front door etc?

Try not and touch your mouth, nose or eyes. Also wash hands when getting home, and change clothes that have come in to contact with outside surfaces like chairs other people might have sat on.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by James

Try not and touch your mouth, nose or eyes. Also wash hands when getting home, and change clothes that have come in to contact with outside surfaces like chairs other people might have sat on.

and if you have children its not going to happen

[James]

Originally Posted by James

Wash your hands, dry them with a disposable towel, clean the tap with the towel and throw the towel in the bin.

Actually I meant to say, use the towel to turn off the tap after drying your hands instead of using it to clean it.

Maybe both work.

[Jessica.]

There is a stench in this thread

[Shaun]

not the smartest advice when people sing "Happy Birthday" at whatever tempo they like

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

not the smartest advice when people sing "Happy Birthday" at whatever tempo they like

Still better than people just wetting their hands for a split second.

[Crimson Dynamo]

you need to disinfect your phone every time you wash your hands one would imagine?

[MB.]

Nothing says "happy birthday!" quite like the threat of contagious lung disease

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MB.

Nothing says "happy birthday!" quite like the threat of contagious lung disease

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MB.

Nothing says "happy birthday!" quite like the threat of contagious lung disease

[Cherie]

On the plus side if you have a company producing anti bac hand gel you are quids in and they wanted less people in Venice to protect the aging city and boy have they got it, so good for the planet, less flying, plus apparently China is not producing as much tut, though that myth was debunked today by the man who invented the Trunkie who said his orders from China were being fulfilled faster than before... me thinks China wants the Eurozone in recession

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ring a ring of roses would have been far more apt

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think that airplanes, underground trains or any offices with recirculated air are the worst places to be in terms of getting it

[James]

Sneeze into your elbow.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i always pull open the neck of my jumper and sneeze into that if i dont have my m and s handkerchief to hand

[Crimson Dynamo]

Dr. McLaws was the senior author of a 2015 study on face touching that documented the alarming number of times we do it. While medical students attended a lecture, the researchers filmed them and counted the number of times they touched any part of their faces. Over the course of an hour, students touched their faces, on average, 23 times. Nearly half of the touches were to the eyes, nose or mouth — what infectious disease researchers call “the T-zone.”

Other studies of primary care doctors, people doing office work, and students riding a simulated rail car have all found similar rates of touching the T-zone.

“I was really surprised,” Dr. McLaws said. “By touching your mucous membranes, you’re giving a virus 11 opportunities every hour if you’ve touched something infectious.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/w...ing-hands.html

and who at work disinfects their mouse and keyboard?