@EpiKelley What about non-healthcare workers and members of the public wearing surgical gloves?
Perhaps, not of the same quality as your thread but here’s my quick go at something that concerns me about people wearing gloves...
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Perhaps, not of the same quality as your thread but here’s my quick go at something that concerns me about people wearing gloves...
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@EpiKelley Some people, essentially wasting them as a potentially vital resource (for #HealthcareHeroes) in near future, have NO clue why they’re wearing them!
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@EpiKelley Example, yesterday:
Person in grocery store was wearing latex gloves as they picked fruit, while they held their grocery list IN THEIR MOUTH.
They proceeded to alternatively, & repetitively, hold the piece of paper in their gloved hands & then their mouth!
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Person in grocery store was wearing latex gloves as they picked fruit, while they held their grocery list IN THEIR MOUTH.
They proceeded to alternatively, & repetitively, hold the piece of paper in their gloved hands & then their mouth!
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@EpiKelley Were/are the gloves meant to protect them self?
➡️ Obviously the chance of transmission of contagions, from articles touched to mouth, was now very enhanced by their actions.
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➡️ Obviously the chance of transmission of contagions, from articles touched to mouth, was now very enhanced by their actions.
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@EpiKelley Were the gloves meant to protect others in the public?
➡️ Obviously, any contagion this person may possibly have would find its way (in saliva) from shopping list, to gloves, to any and all surfaces touched by their gloves hands!
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➡️ Obviously, any contagion this person may possibly have would find its way (in saliva) from shopping list, to gloves, to any and all surfaces touched by their gloves hands!
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@EpiKelley Gloves do not, in and of themselves, stop the transmission of #COVID19.
They prevent any contagion from settling directly on the skin of your hands. One must still NOT touch face when wearing gloves, for it defeats the entire purpose of them!
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They prevent any contagion from settling directly on the skin of your hands. One must still NOT touch face when wearing gloves, for it defeats the entire purpose of them!
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@EpiKelley Perhaps they may even give some people a FALSE sense of safety.
For many/most people walking around with surgical gloves on, can they, at the very least, serve as a reminder NOT to touch one’s face?!
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For many/most people walking around with surgical gloves on, can they, at the very least, serve as a reminder NOT to touch one’s face?!
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@EpiKelley If gloves are worn, as if magical armour against #Covid_19, it’d be better to donate them to at risk #HealthCareWorkers to use properly.
Aside from #PhysicalDistancing,🔑 to preventing spread has been, & continues to be, #gloves WORN or NOT, #DontTouchYourFace #WashYourHands!
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Aside from #PhysicalDistancing,🔑 to preventing spread has been, & continues to be, #gloves WORN or NOT, #DontTouchYourFace #WashYourHands!
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