Global Handwashing Day is Tomorrow, October 15

The annual Global Handwashing Day is upon us.  It is observed every October 15.  This is a great reminder especially nowadays with COVID still wreaking havoc around the globe.  So many diseases could be quelled if people would just wash their hands.  Germs would die and people would live.  

Interestingly, it was handwashing that began to save women giving birth who were dying from puerperal fever in the early 1800's because physicians were coming straight from the morgue into the delivery rooms without washing their hands.  Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis surmised this was the reason for these unnecessary deaths and promoted handwashing.  Deaths dropped.  However, his colleagues thought him a fool and didn't follow his example.  Eventually, suffering from a nervous breakdown, he ended up in an insane asylum.  He was beaten by the guards and died from gangrene a couple weeks later.  It wasn't until years later that the discovery of microscopic germs was made known and handwashing was advocated as critical to preventing the spread of disease.  

So, WASH YOUR HANDS!  Keep the bugs at bay and live another happy day!

Check out some history about Dr. Semmelweis