Originally Posted by narvik

Personal Hygiene - my experiences on a quick 40 minute trip:

- "Wash hands for 20 seconds" is the mantra
- I still hardly ever wash my hands for that long, maybe once a day and only at home (+ showers/baths)
- Still mostly wash hands 3 to 5 seconds tops
- Washing hands is OFTEN not possible, and therefore the idea that simply "Washing hands" won't spread COVID-19 is ridiculous
- Used the drive-through ATM and realized I really ought to use hand-sanitizer after touching the keypad
- Went to fill up petrol (self serve gas station), and realized that after filling up, although I used hand-sanitizer once back in the car, I had touched the gas-tank cap and cover, the outside and the inside car door handle, the lid to the car's glove box, and the outside of the hand-sanitizer bottle before actually using the hand-sanitizer. Those surfaces are now potentially "contaminated" for hours
- Realized that it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to not get some kind of infection that's floating around out there on one's hands while going about one's daily business, and that hands should be treated as infected at all times
- Washing hands is far less important than to NOT touch face/mouth/nose, etc.
- Should really look at investing in companies who deal in non-contact payment methods, and any system that doesn't involve touch (i.e. bio-metric fingerprint: bad, iris/retina scanning: good)....should be big business.....