A lot of people are using antibacterial hand sanitizers, wipes, and soaps to prevent sickness like the swine flu.  But in the long run, they do more harm than good.  Sure the sanitizer might kill much of the germs.  But the survivors will eventually become even more deadlier and harder to kill.  Here’s a recent FDA warning on one of the products:

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm164845.htm

I saw this first hand with a banker recently who had not 1, but 2 different brand of sanitizers on her desk!  She supposedly use them several times per day.  You’d think she’d the healthiest person in her office.  But when I revisited a week later,  her nose was running like the Niagara Fall, and her voice made her sound like a dude… 

These bacteria killing products are marketed as silver bullets.  But whatever happened to just washing hands frequently with regular soap, and avoid unnecessary touching the eyes, mouth and nose with your hands?  Do that, and we’ll be much healthier, spread less sickness, and avoid creating killer super germs!