Infectious disease experts across the country agree gloves are a bad idea for general use.
Claim: 'If you are wearing the same set of gloves all over town you are only spreading germs everywhere you go.'
“CDC doesn’t recommend the general public use gloves. Gloves can be a source of contamination, even for the wearer, if not properly removed,” spokeswoman Kate Grusich said in an email. “COVID-19 spreads through respiratory droplets that can land on surfaces. If the wearer touches a variety of surfaces during the day while wearing the same pair of gloves, contamination can definitely be transmitted from one surface to another.
People may assume gloves are a solution on their own without recognizing that in the medical field they’re only part of the process. Gloves are disposed of as soon as the medical personnel leave a contaminated area, and hands are washed before and after removing. . “But unfortunately, most people aren’t wearing or disposing of their gloves correctly, which defeats the whole purpose.”on it because even health care professionals struggle to do it in a way that avoids contamination.found 37% of health care workers using their normal glove removal technique contaminated themselves in the process.Even if gloves were removed correctly, they’re problematic because people often wear them to multiple places.
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