I wonder if this is really true. I made the same statement as you about anti-bacterial soap and was soundly ridiculed about it. Who is right?
Single use, packaged wipes marketed by Purell are saturated with the same 61% alcohol gel that the OSHA, Department of Homeland Security, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend for health care professionals, first responders, and anyone else who may come in contact with infectious material.
Some of my contacts in state and Federal correctional systems report that in some institutions MRSA is an even greater threat than is AIDS or hepatitits.
In Arizona, for exampple, groups of cells have been enclosed in a negative-air pressure system to house inmates who are infected with MRSA, which most often is obtained in the course of intravenous drug use.
The over-prescription and misuse of antibiotics in clinical practice and the food animal industry over the years has given rise to several strains of bacteria that are resistant to several of the more commonly used antibiotics.
I carry Purell liquid gel or towlettes wherever I go, and I never sign charge and deposit slips, etc. using pens handed to me by bank tellers and retail cashiers.
One cause of the sudden increase in the frequency of such infections is the flood of illegal aliens into our country -- carrying sepsis-causing bacteria, tuberculosis, and of course, viruses largely related to the use of illegal substances...
Why? Well, I'm glad you asked.
Soap bubbles form micelles around bits of dirt and junk and lift them away from the skin and make it easy to rinse away all those goobers.
This thing about people passing their hands through running water- stop doing it. You've done nothing but make it easier for the next guy to get what you have. Wash your frigging hands.