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by coenhyde 1343 days ago
Doctors used to not wash their hands too. I get it though, and i've seen the same thing. Really it comes down to education and not granting access to secrets to people who aren't capable of handling them.
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"fun" fact - there could potentially be thousands of deaths attributed to Drs simply not washing their hands.

IIRC they even basically got some hospital admin fired for creating a hand washing mandate, despite it being proven to save lives.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/3756639...

(talking centuries ago, but maybe even today)

Looks like its still a "recent" issue, lol https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24wwln_freak.htm...

That further improves the analogy. Even though we all agree washing hands is important and saves lives, it still doesn't happen on occasion.
It does, but it also suggests that there is no easy fix.