The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the fact that a cold virus is Alive and Well on a given surface let's say on a door handle does not mean that if you touch that door handle that you will necessarily be infected with that cold virus and that's because your skin actually provides an excellent barrier against most viruses and bacteria your skin also includes a lot of antiviral substances on it
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your skin is a living organ in and of itself... the skin cells themselves are made in the deeper layers of the skin and they migrate out towards the surface of the skin and at the surface of the skin on top of those cells and made by those cells are different types of chemicals that actually serve as antibacterial and antiviral agents meaning if a cold virus or flu virus or other type of virus lands on the skin it can neutralize and kill that virus
our skin is a very interesting organ as I mentioned earlier not just because it protects all the other organs of our body and I should mention it protects them not just by a physical barrier but there's also chemical things a chemical composition a skin microbiome to the skin that also provides additional layers of support such as neutralizing different bacteria that land on your skin