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We have written a lot on how to stay safe when the grocery store makes the grocery store at the time of coronavirus. All ofChoose the right moment to go shopping, theright store to make shops atAnd directives on social distancing can significantly reduce your risk of contracting Covid-19, even if the country begins to reopen.

Another really important factor of your own safety is to choose good personal protective equipment. We know that wearing masks in public can protect us and others, but the only piece of equipment that seems to be more than one gray area is gloves.Do the gloves are worth your time or simply give a false sense of security while doing nothing to really protect you? It seems that the answer is closer to the latter.

CDC guidelines recommend glove only when cleaning or supporting a sick person. Their website indicates that "carry gloves outside these instances (for example, when using a shopping cart or using an ATM) will not necessarily protect you from becoming Covid- 19 and can still lead to the propagation of germs ".

Experts agree that gloves no longer provide protection than naked hands. Patricia Dandrache, MD, a specialist in infectious diseases, says that wearing gloves is not false in itself, however "most people are notwear or dispose of their gloves properly, who defeats the whole purpose. "It basically means that you could spread germs with your gloves as you would with your hands and we wear them, is not more effective than washing hands.

If you touch objects like door buttons and ATM machines with gloves, then you also touch your face, you run exactly the same risk as you want without them. "Social distance, do not touch your face, disinfecting your hands after you" Reading Shopping, followed by your hands' washing is a reasonable approach to avoid acquiring the virus in the store, "says Dr. Dandache.

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