Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? - Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson
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Your hands, up close, are anything but smooth. With peaks and valleys, folds and rifts, there are plenty of hiding places for a virus to stick. If you then touch your face, the virus can infect you. But there are two extraordinarily simple ways you can keep that from happening: soap and water, and hand sanitizer. So which is better? Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson investigate.
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There are many ways that germs can spread. It is always a good idea to get a quick review of different ways germs can get left behind and potentially affect another person. Watch this TED Ed lesson: How do germs spread, and find out how you can prevent sharing your germs with another person.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Pall Thordarson, Alex Rosenthal
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Igor Coric
- Animator Igor Coric
- Art Director Igor Coric
- Compositor Igor Coric
- Sound Designer Weston Fonger
- Music Weston Fonger
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac
- Special Thanks Kim Preshoff
