Va. Public health officials say it's healthier to use a hankerchief or the crook of your elbow. The kids at New Vista School wash up after bathroom breaks. They scrub up for lunch.
More washing is prescribed if a wandering finger pokes up a nose.
Under the most recent state rule, kids also must wash before and after snacks. And I'm not sure I agree. The discussion's starting and end point may be simple hand-washing. Many health experts say Americans don't do enough, and that goes for schoolchildren, restaurant workers and doctors. If you do those things, you can pretty well live an existence of health as opposed to being sick with the flu and colds and gastroenteritis.