# So how big of a deal is handwashing, disinfecting etc.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-big-of-a-deal-is-handwashing-disinfecting-etc/920576>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-big-of-a-deal-is-handwashing-disinfecting-etc/920576 "2020-09-14T14:18:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 20

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-big-of-a-deal-is-handwashing-disinfecting-etc/920576/20 "2021-02-24T01:40:46Z")

</div>

> [@bordelond](#):
>
> It is? Frequent hand-washing seems to make a positive difference. But **eliminating** colds/flu (even qualified by ‘practically’)?

🙂 Finally, somebody else has done the work for me:

> [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/639):
>
> Here’s some food for thought:

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-big-of-a-deal-is-handwashing-disinfecting-etc/920576)._