# Hand hygiene helps prevent COVID spread - not

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Created:** [July 5, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788 "2024-07-05T22:50:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788/41 "2024-09-14T14:23:58Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Even though COVID-19 is spread primarily through aerosols, it’s possible hand washing has a smaller but still significant effect.

And it is just a smart thing to do anyway so any benefit for COVID is a nice bonus. It is worth doing even if it did nothing for COVID.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788/42 "2024-09-14T14:48:09Z")

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COVID was mostly spread by ignorance.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788/43 "2024-09-14T15:23:16Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> COVID was mostly spread by ignorance

Please accept a small tweak: _COVID **is** spread by ignorance._

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788/44 "2024-09-14T15:36:15Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> It is worth doing even if it did nothing for COVID.

Right, it definitely helps with the flu. And while covid is more likely to kill than flu is, flu still royally sucks, so avoiding getting flu is definitely still a good thing.

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