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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by eropple on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:36AM (#22476015)
I've never seen more PAX attendees actually wash their dang hands, though. Normally if the sinks are full people just run back out (ew). Not this year. Almost everybody was waiting to clean their hands.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by philpem on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:46AM (#22476139)
It's a shame it takes a viral outbreak to make convention-goers wash their hands...

(speaking as someone who's been on both the attendee and organiser side of the convention 'fence')

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by otachack on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:52AM (#22476212)
Seems a simple fix would be to add hand sanitizer stations either in the bathrooms or right outside of it.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by DoofusOfDeath on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @01:08PM (#22477071)
For bathrooms that use toilet paper, I've wondered if the hand-washing station should be located within easy reach of the toilet.

Then people could wash their hands immediately after wiping, instead of first having to touch other objects like pants, belts, and in public restrooms, jackets, backpacks, and stall latches.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by busterarm on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @05:24PM (#22479314)
And now you've discovered why I always try and use the handicapped stall.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by eropple on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:17PM (#22476485)
People would then have to use them. The hand sanitizers you see all over PAX do not get a lot of traffic.

Nerds be gross, my dude.

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