Posted on 08/02/2018 8:59:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
I never believed in those ‘sanitizers’ seemed a bit too easy to solve all of the germ problems - guess I was right.
“I never believed in those ‘sanitizers’ seemed a bit too easy to solve all of the germ problems - guess I was right.”
Yes, I didn’t actually think about this in terms of bacterial resistance, but it actually seems to be a perfect set up for this. Infectious disease docs are always telling us to avoid using antibiotics inappropriately, as this can induce antibiotic resistance, but no one I’ve heard has ever talked about the same danger from broad use of hand sanitizers. Makes total sense that this would happen.
I keep the Purell in the car when I’m out in public. Use it all the time. I’ve been doing it for over 20 years & I can attest to a dramatic drop-off in catching common clods & such over that time.
It’s great protection in knocking down germs you pick on your hands every day in public.
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All of the anti-bacterial soaps and such are really doing a lot of harm to the good bacteria in the environment.
I’ve never been a fan of the alcohol based sanitizers because of the harshness- drying out of my hands. I do keep some of it on my sinks and lavatories, but I also keep a spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide, which is what I normally use.
Just like Russians!
It will be swimming in frozen lakes.
Barky banned them already.
I was not aware of that. Thanks!
Ok everyone
Here’s your lesson again
COLLOIDAL SILVER
KILLS
ALL KNOWN
VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
THEY CANNOT DEVELOP RESISTANCE TO SILVER
IT DISBLES THEIR OXYGEN INTAKE BRILLIANTLY
Sanitizers and wipes are for when you can’t wash.
When I have to use sanitizer I slather on a LOT of it, and give it a few minutes to evaporate naturally rather than wipe it off.
Better than nothing.
Of course they are.
We’ve seen it all before with antibiotics.
Some people never learn.
It would seem that at least a portion of the 0.01% of germs NOT killed by a sanitizer would be resistant.
Eventually that's going to catch up with you.
Add with that anti-bacterial soap (which is more or less the norm), we're providing an environment where super-bugs can flourish.
Sanitizers and wipes are for when you can’t wash.
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Exactly.
Why use it when water and soap kill 99.9% of the germs?
Purell works. I’ve seen case study after case study showing it does.
Really a very stupid article:
“But other infections didn’t drop when people started using the sanitizer stations. In fact, certain infections went up.
In particular, enterococcal infections — caused by bacteria that affect the digestive tract, bladder, heart and other parts of the body — started increasing.”
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Hand sanitizers aren’t supposed to have an impact on such infections. The article is nonsense.
I’m with you. It’s called marketing.
Hand sanitizer dispensers and associated hospital-acquired infections: friend or fomite?
Clean Hands Count for Safe Healthcare
...Alcohol-based hand sanitizer is more effective and less drying than using soap and water, and does not create antibiotic-resistant superbugs....
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