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58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?

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What You Handwashing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?

Michael langberg is the chief medical officer at cedar sinai medical centr in los angeles. Similar studies show that doctors are consistently worse at washing their hands than any other medical staff. "There's something in the human condition that somehow disconnects what is really good evidence from personal choice and habit"

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