Asked by Zephyr Benedict
About 80% of infectious disease is spread by hand contact.
A. True
B. False
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B. False
The "about 80%" claim is a commonly repeated statistic but is not supported by solid evidence. Hands are an important route for transmitting many infections (fecal–oral, direct contact, fomites), and handwashing prevents a large share of illnesses, but many infectious diseases spread by other routes (airborne/aerosol, droplets, vectors, contaminated food/water, sexual transmission), so a single 80% figure is inaccurate.
The "about 80%" claim is a commonly repeated statistic but is not supported by solid evidence. Hands are an important route for transmitting many infections (fecal–oral, direct contact, fomites), and handwashing prevents a large share of illnesses, but many infectious diseases spread by other routes (airborne/aerosol, droplets, vectors, contaminated food/water, sexual transmission), so a single 80% figure is inaccurate.
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