Until yesterday, NOBODY from the CDC or other official agencies had stated what people could do to prevent contracting Ebola or Enterovirus.

Joy Reid, MSNBC, had a professor from Louisiana State University and he said we could simply prevent getting the disease by….drum roll please….washing our hands.

Radical, I know.

One has to wonder why the CDC and others would not repeatedly state this in order to give people the tools they need to protect themselves?  The hysteria being created now warrants it.

Good old soap and water are your best bets against getting sick.  Not hand sanitizer.   I was taught at the Health Department that you should sing the “Happy Birthday” song in your head while washing your hands, for the proper amount of time.  My Science journalism professor told us the reason for friction is that it is the way to kill the microbes, and the soap is what lifts it off the surface of the skin.

I found a pretty good video on proper handwashing:

Be well, my friends.