Why is washing your hands an effective way to prevent the spread of some infectious diseases?

One of the factors that affects infection chance is load, or how much of the infecting organism a person is exposed to.

Washing you hands will reduce the number of microbes on your hands, which will reduce the load that anybody you touch is exposed to (including yourself.)

So yes, it helps.

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