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0 pointssupahfly_remix7y ago0 comments

> Many physicians have not yet cottoned to hand-washing, yet.

What?!? How many generations has it been since Louis Pasteur?

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DocTomoe7y ago· 1 in thread

Actually, Ignaz Semmelweis.

And about 150 years, so 4-5 generations of surgeons. Not exactly many.

Surgical generations, like pilot generations, are quite a lot shorter than reproductive generations.

I have bad news for you. I have been seeing a lot of doctors for the last five years or so.

Two or three are absolutely fastidious about hand washing.

The rest are not.

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