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Hand sanitizers with an alcohol concentration between 60-95% are the most effective at killing viruses without causing skin dryness and irritation.

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Ethyl alcohol (found in alcoholic beverages and some hand sanitizers) less than 60% concentrated (120 proof) is not effective at killing viruses.

CDC

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The five most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever (88%), dry cough (68%), fatigue (38%), mucus production (33%), and shortness of breath (19%). Some patients may also experience sore throat, headache, chills, nausea, or diarrhea.

World Health Organization

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Early estimates suggest that half of all people infected with COVID-19 will show symptoms within 5 days, and nearly all will show symptoms within 12 days.

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Nursing home residents who cared for crickets for eight weeks had improved cognitive function and reported fewer symptoms of depression.

Teens who break their pledge to be sexually abstinent until marriage have a higher risk of non-marital pregnancy than those who never pledged in the first place.

Every position of a Rubik’s Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less.

Happiness

College students who reported being chronically sleep deprived had lower GPAs and were less likely to graduate, especially when the sleep deprivation occurred during the senior year.

Preventive Medicine

Religious people tend to live longer than non-religious people, partly due to greater engagement in community and volunteer activities.

Even though 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, survival rates have been improving over the last three decades. However, black women are still 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women in the U.S.

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