You’d be forgiven for thinking that Global Handwashing Day, which occurs each October 15, is a new thing, but it began back in 2008. Our prescient writers have been on the topic since before then..
Remember when SARS was stunning the world? Zil-E-Huma Lodhi summarizes what is known about a new virus spreading around the world in early 2003. “It is unusual for a coronavirus to cause anything more serious than a cold, but the SARS virus has somehow mutated into a deadly infectious agent.” Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), April 30, 2003.
They should call it handswashing. Columnist Hazel Anaka finds that there are a number of tasks that require two hands. “Using a hair dryer and brush or hooking up a bra was impossible.” From Where I Sit – Five Simple Mistakes, July 8, 2011.
