Good article, but pee-related note should probably be amended to add that women should clearly wash their hands after peeing, since we touch roughly the same number of of bathroom surfaces whether doing #1 or #2.
It seems like the recommendation is about preventing dirt on your hands to enter your body. If the hands of a woman are contaminated with a virus washing hands after going to the toilet instead of before poses the risk that the virus enters the body.
On the other hand unless you are currently ill, the pee will unlikely be a vector for viruses.
Good article, but pee-related note should probably be amended to add that women should clearly wash their hands after peeing, since we touch roughly the same number of of bathroom surfaces whether doing #1 or #2.
It seems like the recommendation is about preventing dirt on your hands to enter your body. If the hands of a woman are contaminated with a virus washing hands after going to the toilet instead of before poses the risk that the virus enters the body.
On the other hand unless you are currently ill, the pee will unlikely be a vector for viruses.