Eli5 why do people say to wash dishes or your hands in warm water when cold slows down bacteria growth?

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Eli5 why do people say to wash dishes or your hands in warm water when cold slows down bacteria growth?

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In the catering businness you’re technically not supposed to use hot water to wash anything that touched proteins (since the heat cooks it and makes it harder to get rid of), but no one cares and does it any way.
As someone said, any temperature that would actually have an impact would be unsafe for you, so who cares

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