Protecting against colds and flu
Through and frequent hand washing helps protect against transmission of colds and flu.
This is absolutely true of colds. Rhinoviruses can live for hours on hands. If you have been touching other people’s hands or any intimate surfaces on which viruses have just been deposited, a soap hand-wash can help you stave off the virus contamination. There are reports of new antiseptic skin cleansers being developed that, unlike most soaps, would not only kill viruses on people’s hands immediately but continue do so far hours afterwards.
Popular misconception abounds about the role of medicines for colds. Virtually, every product, marketed for relief of treatment of colds, is of dubious value.
This is absolutely true of colds. Rhinoviruses can live for hours on hands. If you have been touching other people’s hands or any intimate surfaces on which viruses have just been deposited, a soap hand-wash can help you stave off the virus contamination. There are reports of new antiseptic skin cleansers being developed that, unlike most soaps, would not only kill viruses on people’s hands immediately but continue do so far hours afterwards.
Popular misconception abounds about the role of medicines for colds. Virtually, every product, marketed for relief of treatment of colds, is of dubious value.
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