Also, please social distance your ass out of my basement .
I like how Covid ending was just everyone collectively accepting that we can’t save ourselves from ourselves, so fuck it let’s get ice cream.
No, we have a vaccine now so its not an epidemic anymore.
Personal hygiene shouldn’t go out the window the second a threat isn’t existential enough
Yes, we have a vaccine. No the pandemic is not over yet. Bonus points: we still have an unhealthy large number of people refusing to get vaccinated.
I know this is semantics, but because most people are vaccinated and the virus isn’t spreading uncontrolled, it’s not an epidemic/pandemic any longer; it’s just endemic. You should still wash your hands and wear a mask if you’re sick or around sick people, but covid isn’t a daily problem for most people now.
Yea, just as many people (which is too many) saying “we’re still in a pandemic!!!_+$+$+#” as the deniers and freaking out like if we just put in a little more effort COVID would just go poof and disappear.
Like no, sorry to say but the pandemic is over. COVID is now endemic and we’re stuck with it forever, like the flu.
The real pandemic is the foolishness of people who go around spreading their cough everywhere and speak “herd immunity” when poked.
A vaccine which a lot of people are not getting every year like they should.
I can save myself, it’s you dull fucks I can’t save myself from.
One of the most disappointing g things about growing up is realising how many adults are not actual adults.
This is my kids. Then they get offended when I tell them to go back and wash their hands. Ok, let me see your hands then. They go back to wash their hands, grumbling under their breath.
Ever see the Mythbusters episode where they lined up toothbrushes to see how far fecal matter traveled. Right near the toilet was the worst but nowhere was safe.
So yes washing hands helps but it’s not the be all, end all solution.
I’m sure someone will disagree with me but I think protecting ourselves completely from infection isn’t a good idea. Particularly after reading Immune (good but not the best resource) I think washing our hands all the time or using antibacterial soap is not a good choice for our individual health and immune system strength.
I’ll agree on not using antibacterial soap all the time. There’s plenty of soaps that aren’t antibacterial but still help remove contaminants. People should definitely at least wash their hands with hot water. It’s one thing to harbor trace amounts of bacteria, but no one should be spreading urine or fecal matter to every surface they touch.
The way you phrased that is powerful. Nobody should want to spread that stuff everywhere… Ew!
One of the first things they taught in my micro bio class is that no single bacteria is bad. What is bad is when they are where they shouldn’t be. This makes the point of hand washing more or less to remove bacteria that may be problematic being on your hands where you could spread them to vulnerable areas.
Regular hand soap is perfectly fine. It may dry your hands out from overuse, but as soon as you touch any part of your body (like your arms or face) your hands would be inoculated with your body’s natural flora that resides on your skin.
Antibacterial soap would be the larger issue, as a lot of them have what is called a persistent effect. This persistent effect means that the antibacterial agent leaves traces of itself behind and will kill any bacteria that is susceptible to it. While good if used responsibly for people like surgeons to eliminate/reduce any stray bacteria during a procedure, this can lead to the same sort of scenario we have with antibiotics where some bacteria may develop a resistance to it, which could also include pathogenic varients/strains.
Great details here, thank you for sharing!
I used to think that I didn’t need to wash my hands after using the restroom because my entire body gets washed on a daily basis, so touching my dick isn’t a reason to wash them.
Don’t get me wrong, I still believe that touching my dick doesn’t warrant washing my hands. Now though, I wash them when I use the restroom (though sometimes before rather than after) because it’s a way to ensure that my hands get washed regularly. Most of the other stuff I touch throughout the day doesn’t get washed on a daily basis.
Wash your hands because the sink is there.
COVID isn’t over until supreme pizza toppings are available again at the Costco food court.
Pizza parties at work be like 🤮
This is a thinly veiled parenthood meme
I guess it’s even worse to know someone went to the bathroom to pee but to only hear the sink
Not worse! They might have forgotten to flush. At least they have clean hands
Also, please social distance your ass out of my basement .
no deal
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cause people caught covid from touching their balls?
