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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by extropic-engine on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:41PM (#22708738)
these are the cdc guidelines for removing gloves safely. it's literally the simplest and most obvious thing in the world. i rarely wore gloves before this and this is what i have been doing with my gloves the entire time. why do you think this would be difficult for people?

https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/poster-how-to-remove-glove...

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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by JMTQp8lwXL on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:27PM (#22708955)
Sample bias. If you put shaving cream all over the gloves, and tell a person to remove them without coming to contact with the shaving cream, they usually do contact the shaving cream (which represents bacteria).

Most people will not intuitively remove gloves in a hygienic manner. While this can be solved with education, the gloves without the education is false protection.

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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by hakunamytatas on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:44AM (#22709489)
Have you not been in public before? Most people are complete idiots and would do more damage than good vs staying home. If people would take this serious and just stay home that would be great.
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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by shostack on Saturday March 28, 2020 @04:04PM (#22713928)
Interesting. I feel like step 4 may be a bit tricky to do reliably without touching the exterior of the glove.
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