[netmilsmom]

It's surprising in the High School but have you ever seen a class of Kindergarteners go potty? If you can get half of them to do more than rinse their hands, it's a good day. My daughter's teacher washes everything down with anti-bacterial wipes and constantly has the kids use hand sanitizer. She is a wise woman.
(and all the parents are willing to provide the stuff if she is willing to do the work)

[UKCajun]

Apparently the virus is pretty robust. If I recall correctly, it will survive some time on door handles, hand rails, and the like.

Scary.

[OldBlondBabe]

I've often wondered how these things are transmitted and imagined something like this:

While grocery shopping one chooses a cart whose handle has just been drooled on and handled by a child with less-than-perfect wiping skills.* Now, the first thing I do when returning home is to wash my hands. However, imagine feeling a sneeze or cough coming on before returning home and reflexively using one's hand to cover the mouth....

My kids told me that they were taught in school to "sneeze into their upper arms".

*Unfortunately, some ADULTS do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. Ever see those signs in restaurant bathrooms reminding the members of their staffs to wash their hands before returning to work?