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[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Modern hygiene is great in theory but we still live in a world where 50% of men don't wash their hands after going to the toilet. If you solved that problem covid would be far less of a problem. I think every super spreader who has been reported on so far has been male.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sanitation prevents the nasty non-handwashers from contracting the real killers.

Cholera, Scarlett fever, etc. The illnesses that we never hear about.

Sanitation is about more than hand washing. It's running water, water treatment, sewers, sewage treatment, etc.

Also, there's significant evidence that handwashing isn't all that significant in reducing viral transmission.

It's mostly effective in preventing the spread of bacteria.