[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.

[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

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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

Extra hygiene and more hand washing is surely going to help somewhat though. If everyone is washing their hands more, it may be less likely to be passed on to those harder surfaces as much

[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.

[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 Niamh.

Extra hygiene and more hand washing is surely going to help somewhat though. If everyone is washing their hands more, it may be less likely to be passed on to those harder surfaces as much

It will to a degree but with the amount of times we touch our faces (4 per minute) and the fact a lot of infection will be airborne its going to be minimal and i guess the same as getting actual flu.

I get all my illnesses from the children as most parents do

[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?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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

[Niamh.]

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.

Good man James or a lot of public toilets have automatic taps that come on when you put your hands under

[MB.]

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

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ring a ring of roses would have been far more apt

[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]

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

[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

[Cherie]

We can all wash our hands but you are relying on others to do the same, will the people who stacked the baked beans have washed their hands, and between till staff wiping their noses with the backs of their hand or licking their fingers to get a bag open, we are doomed

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

We can all wash our hands but you are relying on others to do the same, will the people who stacked the baked beans have washed their hands, and between till staff wiping their noses with the backs of their hand or licking their fingers to get a bag open, we are doomed

supermarket trolleys

[GoldHeart]

Fgs , while you're at it you might aswell stay at home under the covers then.

Money that we touch also full of bacteria , same with the ATM machines. Just wash your hands .

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Fgs , while you're at it you might aswell stay at home under the covers then.

Money that we touch also full of bacteria , same with the ATM machines. Just wash your hands .

If washing hands meant no viruses we would never get a cold it will help but only to a degree

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Fgs , while you're at it you might aswell stay at home under the covers then.

Money that we touch also full of bacteria , same with the ATM machines. Just wash your hands .

and what about your mobile?

[bots]

we don't know how this will go, it's early days yet. The virus could mutate into a dozen more deadly strains for all we know. While washing your hands may reduce your chances of catching a virus, it's not the main issue. Someone sneezing in your proximity is a far more likely cause