If hand sanitizer kills 99.9% of germs, what stops us from using that all of the time instead of hand washing?

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If hand sanitizer kills 99.9% of germs, what stops us from using that all of the time instead of hand washing?

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Oh! I have a really good answer for that!

Taken C. diff. for example. It’s a somewhat common bacteria that you can get mostly at hospitals, but really anywhere (it causes horrible diarrhea).

It’s not affected by alcohol-based sanitizers. In fact, bleach is the only thing that kills it.

So washing your hands is a really good way at making sure you don’t get infected by it.

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