April 12, 2006
Hand sanitizer is for sissies
I'm just sick of the stuff. It's all over the place now. It's in every classroom at school. And though it does indeed kill germs - it's alcohol after all - but people don't get any less sick. Or, rather, they don't get sick any less frequently. There were kids getting sick left and right all year in my 5th/6th grade class, just like there were when I was a kid.
It's a superstition reflective of the over-protected, clingy parenting styles that are increasingly common these days. I mean, come on, we all wash our hands a few times a day anyways. We don't need this.
Strike a blow for courage, independence, and not getting your hands all sticky! Refuse to use hand sanitizer! Just wash your hands like you always do.
Anti-bacterial hand sanitizer kills both kinds of bacteria -- good AND bad -- and is actually bad for you.
Posted by: Bill at April 12, 2006 11:08 PMThat anti-bacterial crap is bad science. It's just contributing to the evolution of resistant bacteria. I won't touch the stuff.
Posted by: alice at April 13, 2006 12:03 AMI agree I hate that stuff, it smells bad and it has no true value, most sickness is caused by virus's and anti-bacterial lotion will not combat viruses. If anything they give people a false confidence that there hands are actually clean, and not just sticky.
Posted by: james at April 13, 2006 3:53 AMEvidently, some kinds are flammable. I thought it was pretty much a rule that you don't put flammable liquids on your skin...
Posted by: chris at April 13, 2006 9:06 AMAlso, antibacterial soap killed my father. . . . and raped my mother.
Posted by: isaac at April 13, 2006 10:27 AMBut hand sanitizers smell good.
Like musk.
As an allergic/asthmatic, I'd just like to say, "Death to the makers of antibacterial sanitizers, overly-perfumed shampoos, especially exotic deodorants, "body fragrances," electronic air fresheners, and exfoliating dermis scrub.
The jury's still out on musk.
Posted by: bob at April 13, 2006 4:23 PMall hand sanitizers smell like gin and tonic. which is not bad, but does occasionally lead me to believe that my library patrons are heavy drinkers.
Posted by: linnea at April 13, 2006 10:29 PM