Fight COVID-19 on the go with homemade hand sanitizer

Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

Making your own hand sanitizer is easy. And yes, you technically can use vodka. (Sandra Gutierrez G./)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including travel advice, pregnancy concerns, and the latest findings on the virus itself.You probably haven’t considered making your own hand sanitizer. Stores sell it for cheap, in a variety of scents and styles, and it’s basically as good as it can be. But if you’ve been to a pharmacy in the midst of a viral outbreak like the one currently gripping the nation, you’ve likely noticed that shelves empty as anxiety levels rise.Right now in New York City, for example, it’s not easy to get any disinfectant product (wipes, spray, etc.), and the fish bowls full of hand sanitizer bottles you would normally find at the checkout counter aren’t even there anymore.So, if that old bottle of hand sanitizer you’ve been carrying around is half-empty, don’t...

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