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    Comment #7013857

    No; point 1 is about effectiveness measured in health outcomes, such as reduced infection rates, not just number of bacteria killed. The article specifies that triclosan soaps do k…

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    Comment #7013830

    >I've found it exceedingly difficult to tell whether commercial soaps are antibacterial or not, because flaunting the opposite of antibacterial makes the soap seem ineffective. Soa…

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    Comment #6929026

    I generally agree with your criticisms, but what alternative do you propose? Of course we should have better vetting of studies before publication, more replication effort, and ide…

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    Comment #6899350

    It's riding a wave of novelty, but it's hard to argue that it's actually solving the problem that it claims to (busy/lazy, want healthy food-substitute). The post doesn't actually …

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    Comment #6848605

    Wait, how would having a laptop in the classroom prevent this situation?

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    Comment #6816731

    Not the person whom you asked, but I'm getting the same issue on up-to-date mobile Chrome on Note 3 standard build android 4.3 Surprisingly also getting the issue is the Samsung br…