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GulfCoast66

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12. How do gloves help? Nothing is more impervious to viruses than skin.

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:54 AM

Mar 2020

If you wear gloves and touch your face it is no different than hands.

Notice how your doctor or dentist after using gloved hands that potentially can be exposed to bodily fluids immediately wash their hands after removing their gloves?

Wear gloves all you want. But they are no better then washing your hands and not touching your nose or mouth.

The danger with gloves is that people think the are some magic protection. They are as unsanitary as hands put in the same situation.

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WH economic adviser Larry Kudlow: coronavirus is 'contained,' Americans should 'stay at work' [View all] left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP

Coronavirus cases tripled in the US this week. Renew Deal Mar 2020 #1

When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means struggle4progress Mar 2020 #4

328 out of 328 million Americans? at140 Mar 2020 #6

Have you ever worked retail in a busy location? GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #10

They should work plastic disposable gloves all the time at140 Mar 2020 #11

How do gloves help? Nothing is more impervious to viruses than skin. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #12

Virus/bacteria can NOT penetrate non-porous plastic gloves at140 Mar 2020 #18

I agree with everything you said. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #23

That's horrible relative to first reported case time in the US. At that infection rate we're fucked uponit7771 Mar 2020 #15

Fucked indeed.😳😔 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #27

Tripled and we're not testing. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #8

A professor in Washington speculates that there are 80-1500 cases in Washington as of a few days ago Renew Deal Mar 2020 #9

The only thing that's "contained " Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #2

+1, China reported CV19 genetic sequence on Jan 12!! We still don't have WHO's mass test kits !! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #17

Prevention beats cure! at140 Mar 2020 #21

Right, I can see the need for mask; to keep people from touching most of their face uponit7771 Mar 2020 #22

Yes, mask protects YOU from infecting yourself! at140 Mar 2020 #24

Can't he be sued for spreading deadly misinformation? BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #3

Larry Kudlow is an ass of the highest order DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #5

I just saw small part of the interview Sewa Mar 2020 #7

"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed." Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #13

+1, "... and due to infection rate it would be only 75% with scarred lungs" uponit7771 Mar 2020 #16

Kudlow has been wrong on everything he has predicted for the last Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #14

Another asshole that needs a beat down by a member of the working class. Hotler Mar 2020 #19

Once again, a misleading Title in the OP. We've got to stop contributing... LAS14 Mar 2020 #20

"Once again, a misleading Title in the OP" left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #25

Exactly. As I tried to explain in my post, phrases were taken out of context. We don't want.. LAS14 Mar 2020 #26

Once again, GD thread titles can be whatever the poster wants. n/t Coventina Mar 2020 #28

????? Of course they can. And whatever the poster wants might be a good thing... LAS14 Mar 2020 #29

I'm not seeing any distortion. Coventina Mar 2020 #31

?????? It's not breaking TOS. It's just not a good idea to do it. Since when... LAS14 Mar 2020 #32

OK, tilt at windmills, then. Coventina Mar 2020 #33

"GD thread titles can be whatever the poster wants" left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #35

If Kudlow did not address health personnel reommendatios delisen Mar 2020 #30

Gas lighting is rude and what you added changed little to nothing about what OP ... uponit7771 Mar 2020 #34