Those disposable gloves don't really help prevent Covid-19

Wearing disposable gloves does not necessarily protect you from Covid-19, and may indeed help spread germs. — Filepic

Both the US and European CDCs have released guidelines stating that glove use isn’t a necessary preventive tactic when it comes to Covid-19. Gloves can trick the wearer into complacency, says University of Chicago Infection Control Program Pediatric associate medical director Allison Bartlett, adding that gloves are not a substitute for good hand hygiene.“People get the false sense of security that their hands are clean and protected when that’s not the case at all.”

“You might feel protected because your skin is not touching a surface,” she says, but as soon as you move from touching that surface to touching your mask or face, that’s contamination, even if you are wearing gloves.According to the US CDC guidelines, reusable gloves can be used while dishwashing or deep cleaning your home, but this is more about protecting your hands than transmission prevention, she says.

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