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Is bar soap as gross as millennials say? Not really, and we're all covered with microbes anyway

  • Written by Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, Doctoral Candidate in Microbiology, University of Oregon
imageOne thing everyone agrees on: Hand-washing helps prevent the spread of the coronavirus.Getty Images / Isabel Pavia

Mask-wearing has divided the country, but hand-washing – one might think – is something virtually everyone would agree on. Hand-washing, after all, is one of the most critical parts of preventing the spread of infectious...

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