Should You Really Wash Your Hands?

What do we really mean when we say that we’re clean?
Check out Melissa’s video at Clean My Space!    • Are You Washing Your Hands Properly?  
Many thanks to Google’s Making & Science team for making this collaboration possible #sciencegoals

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The concept of hygiene and the human microbiome:
https://biobe.uoregon.edu/2017/01/11/...

Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: New perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene:
http://www.grahamrook.net/resources/B...

The Scientist: Microbes of the Skin:
http://www.the-scientist.com/?article...

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Host, Writer, Producer, Editor
Anna Rothschild

Illustrator, Animator
Jason Drakeford

Camera, Sound
Natasha Ishak

Rolling Underground
Music provided by APM

Many thanks to Dr. Roo Vandegrift

Gross Footage

Original Footage
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Hand Dryer
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man with dirty hands
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