Are you washing your hands more?

[alloutoffucks]

With the virus here, are you washing your hands more?

YABU - No
YANBU - Yes

I am. I washed them frequently before, I have a DD who is 1 and I am a primary school teacher but I’ve definitely become a more frequent hand washer, particularly at work.

I've always washed my hands but definitely more that Covid-19 has landed.
It's my attempt to protect those most vulnerable, I know a lot of people in the "at risk" groups and I'd hate to be the one responsible for them getting it .

I wash my hands all the time as it is.
But I am encouraging my kids to wash their hands more.

Not more frequently but more conscientiously. Hotter water and a proper pump of soap, for thirty seconds.

I’m not convinced this alone makes much difference. Sanitiser would but as it’s sold out everywhere its not possible. The minute you wash you hands you are touching something else. You would need to wash your hands 100 times a day for it to be effective. Saying that I am washing my hands more

No as I wasn’t a grubby non-washer before.

Bottleofcorona - surely the same thing applies with sanitiser? I'm washing my hands more thoroughly and more often. Using hand sanitiser when I get in my car, get to work and get home. Sales in hand creams must be going up too!

No, as I have always been a conscientious hand washer.

Not more often, but more thoroughly, right up my wrists, and for longer.

I’ve always been a very thorough hand washer. I remember one woman commenting that I wash my hands the way they’re taught in the NHS, but yes, I probably am a bit more. I wash them when I get in after being out now, and I’ve made some hand sanitiser for when I can’t get to a sink. It’s great for when I go on the bus etc. I already had some rubbing alcohol in my bathroom and some lavender oil, so I just bought a bottle of aloe Vera gel. Even that was the last one on the shelf though, and from what I could see from a few shops all the surgical spirit was gone.

I’ve always washed my hands after the loo and before eating or preparing food, but not otherwise. So possibly a bit slack in general.

I’ve been washing my hands much more frequently and using hand sanitiser for the first time ever over the past week or so.

Ironically, for the second time only in my life (I’m in my 40s) I’ve got a very upset stomach at the moment. Bloody typical!

Yes

Yes, and my hands are already so much drier as a result. I normally wash before food/after using the toilet, now we have to wash our hands in arriving at work and when leaving. Am I right to predict the next binge-buy item is going to be moisturising hand cream?

Yes if im coming in from outside i am washing my hands or in different buildings im washing my hands . I am not doing it more than usual at home though.

I’ve always washed my hands. But I’m now spending longer doing it.

I am always a good Frequent hand washer . And I have hand creams everywhere . I have a problem with sneezing though . Occasionally it comes on me unawares . I was unloading dishwasher this morning and I sneezed but didn’t catch it all . Dishwasher gone on again .

Hand sanitizer is not as effective as soap and water as it doesn't actually remove the germs, just kills bacteria, but not viruses

No, I’m a primary teacher.
‘Nuff said really.

No, because I always wash them frequently anyway. After returning from being out with the general public, after toilet use, before handling food etc. And it pisses me right off that now I’m nearly out of soap, I can’t buy any anywhere!

Yes, and more thoroughly. For example I wouldn't normally make washing my hands the first thing I do when coming home, but now I am.

Yes I am actually. I was always a handwasher ‘before’ but am certainly more thorough now.

Our work has also asked us to open doors between offices with a tissue too.

No, I wash my hands regularly anyway.

I had to buy carex "strawberry laces "soap yesterday I couldn't get normal liquid soap anywhere in town.

No - I washed them a lot already, I wash them all the time at home, having two cats, feeding cats, preparing our food, emptying litter trays etc