Why is water and soap better than hand sanitizer?
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imagine your hands covered with dirt, and then you sterilize them using alcohol or lysol spray. when you lick your fingers afterwards you’d still be eating lots of dirt. and not all of the dirt would be sterilized, so you might get sick.
what about soap and water instead? you’d wash the dirt off your hands and into the sink. lick your fingers after, don’t taste dirt but maybe some soap residue?
germs that you can’t see are just like the dirt that you can see. would you rather wash them off your hands, or just disinfect your hands and transfer the dirt (germs) everywhere? the best answer is to only use sanitizer when soap and water aren’t readily available.
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