To Prevent Coronavirus, Wash Your Hands To These Popular Songs
With the threat of Coronavirus around us, tips and suggestions on how to stay healthy are everywhere. The primary advice circulating is washing your hands. According to NHS, “you should wash your hands for the amount of time it takes to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice (around 20 seconds).” They add, “washing your hands properly removes dirt, viruses and bacteria to stop them spreading to other people and objects, which can spread illnesses such as food poisoning, flu or diarrhea.”
“Happy Birthday” is a decent song option, but there are also some other hipper options worth mentioning, as Jen Monnier on Twitter suggests.
You're supposed to wash your hands for 20 sec, which is the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice. But I'm tired of singing Happy Birthday and you probably are too, so I've done the very important public service of compiling other songs with roughly 20 sec choruses to sing:
— Jen Monnier (@JenMonnier) March 2, 2020
Here are some songs with choruses around 20 seconds that you can hum or sing next time you’re washing your hands.
