• ronl2k@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Clean, dry and uncut hands create a formidable barrier to pathogen transmission. And the most dangerous pathogens tend not to live long outside a living body.

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      11 hours ago

      So better not wash hands, especially if one had to touch a dirty door?

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        11 hours ago

        So better not wash hands, especially if one had to touch a dirty door?

        No. My point was that dry, unopened human skin makes pathogen transmission by touch nothing to worry about.