It’s both a hazard for emergencies as well as a hygienic nightmare. We all see the people leaving without washing their hands!

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    10 months ago

    One compromise might be touchless door handles

    I’ve also seen these at my school, but it doesn’t work for all doors since the door needs to be light enough

    Neither of these are that accessible though, and I can’t find photos of the better ones

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      10 months ago

      accessibility shouldn’t prevent improvements, we can just add the foot handles and handicapped people simply keep operating doors like they currently do.

      They’ll still be exposed to fewer germs so they benefit anyways.

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        10 months ago

        That’s fair, both options can exist at the same time in this case

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      10 months ago

      Or people could simply wash their damn hands…

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      10 months ago

      I’ve seen something similar for your arm. It’s larger and at arms length so you can use more of your body weight to pull it open

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      10 months ago

      The arm one is dumb because I’ve seen people with unwashed hands grab it. The foot one makes more sense. Although it’s not accessible like you said.

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        10 months ago

        The arm one is dumb because I’ve seen people with unwashed hands grab it

        So? If I can manipulate it with my sleeved arm (thus keeping my hands clean), it’s still working pretty well. Sure, I’d prefer not to have my sleeve contact something that someone’s unwashed hands have been on, but better that than my hand.