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Doctor's disgusting experiment proves why you NEVER use a hand dryer

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Doctor’s disgusting experiment proves why you NEVER use a bathroom hand dryer and shake it dry: ‘This is a warning to everyone’ Leading epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding has urged people not to use hand dryers Shared a TikTok video showing the effect of shaking hands compared to a dryer The clip shows that significantly more germs show up in a desiccated petri dish By Bridie Pearson-jones For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:33 PM EDT, July 13, 2022 | Updated: 02:09 EDT, 14 July 2022 A doctor has revealed the disgusting reason why you shouldn’t use a hand dryer and always opt for paper towels or a handshake instead. Epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, who is on the committee of COVID-19 mortality experts for the World Health Organization, shared a TikTok video originally posted by US company Phone Soap showing the effect of drying hands compared to using a hand dryer. In the clip, a man tests various petri dishes to se

Climate Change and Longevity Go Hands in Hand - Longevity LIVE

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Climate change and longevity are inseparable. related. There are significant health threats associated with changing weather patterns and some geographies may be hit harder than others. The danger is all-encompassing. Increasingly, leaders in the healthcare industry are raising their concerns about the impact of climate change on healthcare projections. Mustafa Kamel, Janssen South Africa Director of Medical Affairs has been outspoken about his concerns. He says its time to act now! The world has warmed by more than 1°C. We can still limit temperature rise to 1.5°C & avoid the worst climate impacts. But we need more ambition now. “At the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world view has shifted to climate change and its impacts in the near, medium and long term. This is a clear reality and variations in severity are expected to be distributed unequally around the world. Some places may be cooler, but other areas experience warmer winters, for example. Included in the p