Hand Washing, How Much? How Often?

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Finaly got sometime off here at work to post this thread.

This situation with the virus going around as made me wonder how many times a day I wash my hands. I knew I was washing my hands quite often and I can also tell you that in the past decade I can count on one hand how many times I got the flu or a cold.

So over the weekend I decided to count it and make an average for the 3 days between Friday to Sunday.

I was a bit surprise by the number, over 20 times a day. I was also surprise to notice I went washing my hands rather quickly after meeting someone and shaking hands. On Friday night I was introduce to someone, shake hands and realize that within 5 minutes after the introduction, I was in the bathroom washing my hands. I never notice if it's something I do all the time or it's because of what's happening right now? Hard to be sure, I can be compulsive at times.

Over the weekend could not be a good reflection, since I was out of the house a lot and so I have this habit of washing my hands often in stores and in public places, so it's possible it's a bit less when I am at home.

What about you guys?