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gwbas1c
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> Hand washing
Hand washing isn't modern by any stretch of the imagination. Promoting it is modern, though.
ReedJessen
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Even then... Our Muslim friends have been promoting regular hand washing since the 600's CE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wudu
air7
on Feb 11, 2020
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And before them our Hebrew friends since 1000 BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwashing_in_Judaism
jvanderbot
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Oops, you are correct. The modern connection to germ theory is most important.
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Hand washing isn't modern by any stretch of the imagination. Promoting it is modern, though.