Geoff W. Sutton Blog

Pope Francis prayed for God’s protection:  “We seek refuge under your protection O Holy Mother of God.” ( Vatican News , 2020, March 26). Southern Baptist pastor, Tony Perkins, encouraged people to pray for the protection of our families ( Perkins, 2020, March 12 ). Amid crisis, whether coronavirus, a natural disaster, a terrorist attack or another calamity, we must not allow the mockery of the anti-faith crowd to drown out our prayers for the hurting, for the protection of our families, our communities, and our country. Let the mockers mock, but let the people pray to the great Physician first and then get to work helping the sick. Around the world, religious people pray to God or gods for divine protection from evil. In western cultures, Catholics, Protestants, and adherents of other branches of Christianity pray for God’s protection from the Coronavirus in 2020. As Christians get sick and die by the thousands, do such prayers for protection engender false ...

How often do you wash your hands after using a toilet? Research indicates that surveys do not capture the reality based on observational evidence. People report higher levels than have been observed. Americans appear to be washing their hands more than in the past. Data from 2010 indicate an observation-based rate at 85% compared to 77% in 2007. American women wash their hands more than men after using a public restroom: women 93%, men 77% (2010). By subtraction, we observe the dirty hands rate below. The percentage of unwashed American hands after using a public restroom were men 23%, women 7% in 2010. ********** In washing hands research, look for these details. Did they assess by electronic sensor, direct observation, video recording, person-person survey, online or paper survey?   Did they check for soap and water compared to water only? What we want in hand washing studies are unobtrusive observations of large numbers of people and data for use of water, ...