How often to wash our hands (a lot).

By Toronto Metropolitan University magazine staff | June 9, 2021

Hand washing is important. Illustration by Ty Dale

At the beginning of the pandemic, public health experts recommended handwashing as a way to prevent infection. And we complied. The healthy handwashing survey conducted by Bradely Corp. found 57 per cent of people were washing their hands more than six times a day in January 2021 compared to 37 per cent who did so before COVID. More recent research has shown that particles in the air pose a bigger risk of COVID-19 transmission than surface contamination.