From shadok@christop.com Mon Jun 14 08:54:13 2004
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 11:32:14 +0200
From: shadok <shadok@christop.com>
To: le@elly.org
Subject: scrubbing

coincidentally, i had just read this story on cnn before
i read your journal entry about being averse to washing
your hands after you go to the bathroom:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/01/diarrhea.study.reut/

not to be one to splash cold, disease-ridden water over the
LOVE YOUR BODILY FUNCTIONS hippy lovefest that is this -
http://www.elly.org/days/2004/05-28-2004/ - but i will just
point out that the center for disease control reckons that
regular handwashing with soap is the single most effective
thing you can do in your personal life to avoid getting
sick and spreading disease to other people.  you're far
from being alone: a study done last year found that 95% of
americans surveyed over the phone said they always washed
their hands after using a public restroom, but when they
actually spied on people using toilets in the nyc airports,
30% of people didn't bother.  doctors think this is serious
enough that there's a whole "washing your hands for dummies"
campaign (www.washup.org) to try to get more people to do it.

especially given that you're a compulsive thumb-sucker,
and given that i like you and i would be sad if you died
of hep A, or meningitis, or diptheria, please wash your
goddamn hands.  you don't have to use the wasteful paper
towels, and here's a happy song you can sing to cheer
yourself up while you do it:

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/07_prv/07c_wash.html

love,
shadok

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