【科研ish】科学60秒告诉我们关于洗手的惊人数据

因为新冠，洗手这件简单而重要的小事格外受到每个人的重视了，今天和大家分享两则关于“洗手”的科学60播客报道。

如厕后洗手似乎应该是大家的常识，不过真的每个人都会洗手吗？科学家的数据调查结果给我们意想不到的情况呈现。

同时10月5是全球洗手日（自2008年开始由联合国大会确定），当然洗手从每天做起，全球人类一起行动～

对应的文本

Handwashing Stats Are Good, Could Be Better

Washing your hands is an excellent way to lower your risk of infection, especially for colds, flu and food-borne illnesses. After using the bathroom, most people do indeed appear to wash their hands. But a lot of people still don’t. That’s the finding of a study sponsored by the American Society of Microbiology, along with the Soap and Detergent Association. Sure the Soap and Detergent Association wants to sell soap, but using soap happens to make good sense.

food-borne illnesses：食物承载的疾病

do indeed appear to：真的确实看起来

a study sponsored by: 有。。。赞助的研究

Microbiology: 微生物学

Detergent：清洁剂

happens to：碰巧

make good sense:有道理/合乎逻辑/讲得通

The study had researchers observe the behavior of over 6,000 adults in public restrooms. No United States Senators were included. The sites were Penn Station and Grand Central Station in New York, Turner Field in Atlanta, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and the Ferry Terminal Farmer’s Market in San Francisco.

（Turner Field）

observe：观察

public restrooms: 公共厕所

Senators: 参议员

Grand Central Station: 中央大车站

Turner Field: Turner球场

Shedd Aquarium: Shedd水族馆

Ferry Terminal Farmer’s Market: 轮渡终点站农民市场

Overall, 88 percent of women and 66 percent of men did wash their hands. But in the last survey two years ago, 90 percent of women and 75 percent of men washed up. So remember, when it comes to illness, you really can sometimes wash your hands off the whole thing.

Overall:总的来说

wash your hands off：洗干净/彻底摆脱

原音频和文本出处

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/168709e8-e7f2-99df-3c15a910acd4eac4/

Podcast Authors

Steve Mirsky 主持科学美国人播客的 Science Talk.

历届全球洗手日的主题句

2019 – Clean Hands for All.

2018 – Clean hands – a recipe for health.

2017 – Our hands, our future.

2016 – Make handwashing a habit.

2015 – Raise a hand for hygiene.

2014 – Clean hands save lives.

2013 – The power is in your hands.

2012 – I am a handwashing advocate.

2011 – Clean hands save lives.

2010 – Children and Schools.

2009 – Spread the word, not the germs.