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Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

5 April 2019

Media misinterpretations of the hygiene hypothesis are encouraging us to stop washing our hands - and it's undermining our public health, says Sally Bloomfield

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Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

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