Amid H1N1 Flu Fears, Hand Sanitizer Comes To White House Press Room

[The Straight Story]

Amid H1N1 Flu Fears, Hand Sanitizer Comes To White House Press Room

It's official: Hand sanitizing fever is sweeping Washington DC.

As the photo above demonstrates, a large container of hand sanitizer is now in place in the White House briefing room. The shot was snapped today by CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller - not long after the president told a Spanish-language town hall audience about the importance of washing one's hands.

Knoller reports that no one in the White House press office seems to know who put the container there.

As CBS News' Bob Fuss reported yesterday, similar dispensers have also come to Congress.

He notes: "In the past few days, electric hand sanitizer dispensers have popped up all over the Capitol complex, at entrances and in hallways and outside every bank of elevators where germ-covered fingers can punch buttons."



http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/08/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5002230.shtml

[Ocracoker16]

1. That is not suprising development

My church has put out bottles of Purell everywhere. Makers of hand sanitation products are probably enjoying the boost in sales.

[MercutioATC]

2. We've always had bottles of hand sanitizer at work, but we now have Purell wipes too.

Seems a reasonable thing to provide wherever people congregate.

[pnwmom]

3. The important thing is to get one that's at least 60% alcohol,

if you're buying hand sanitizer. Check the label.

Some don't have enough alcohol to be effective.

[The Straight Story]

5. If they have that much in them

Can I drink them too? :)

[pnwmom]

6. I prefer

cheaper, tastier, less slimy drinks.

To each his own, I guess.

;)

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. We have those all over our school.

[konnichi wa]

7. I carry packs of alcohol based wipes when I go to the grocery store..can you imagine what filth

ends up on those conveyor belts??? :scared: