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		robswc on Oct 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toyota suffered a data breach by accidentally expo... "fun" fact - there could potentially be thousands of deaths attributed to Drs simply not washing their hands. IIRC they even basically got some hospital admin fired for creating a hand washing mandate, despite it being proven to save lives. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/3756639... (talking centuries ago, but maybe even today) Looks like its still a "recent" issue, lol https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24wwln_freak.htm...

coenhyde on Oct 13, 2022 [–]

That further improves the analogy. Even though we all agree washing hands is important and saves lives, it still doesn't happen on occasion.

lmm on Oct 14, 2022 | [–]

It does, but it also suggests that there is no easy fix.

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