Using Hand Sanitizer May Be Giving You A False Sense Of Security

(CNN) — Achoo!
As you reach for a tissue and blow your nose you notice your coworkers recoiling in horror, so you make a reassuring pump of the hand sanitizer.
“See, I’m protecting you!” you want to say to them as you rub the translucent goop across your hands.
But are you really protecting them? A new study shows that quickly smearing an ethanol-based hand sanitizer onto your hands probably won’t kill those cold and flu bugs. According to the study, it’s beca