Posted on 03/05/2020 6:58:32 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump confessed Wednesday that for the last few weeks he's been missing something: touching his face.
"I haven't touched my face in weeks,” Trump said during a meeting about coronavirus with airline executives. "I miss it."
He's not alone.
The emergence of a new coronavirus around the world has triggered widespread warnings about personal hygiene and habits in an effort to limit its spread: wash your hands, limit unnecessary travel and don't touch your face.
It's that last piece of advice that's a challenge for many people.
"Realizing basically all I do is touch my face,” tweeted actor Seth Rogen.
"Did not realize how often I touch my face until the CDC explicitly told me not to touch my face,” tweeted author Allison Raskin.
On social media, scores of people have lamented their fears that their inability to stop touching their faces will cause them to catch the new coronavirus. The anxiety surrounding face touching is just one way stress over the coronavirus has manifested in the general population.
And the warnings themselves may be causing more face touching — and associated anxiety — than intended.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
And don’t think about pink elephants.
Or if you really really want to, go wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and touch immediately after. That’s the only time you are allowed to touch.
This is crucial...do not let strangers lick your face.
Especially don’t touch your eyes!
Hardest thing to do. I always feel like something is in my eyes and I constantly try to wipe or brush what feels like something in my eyes, dust, dirt or eyelashes.
No touching!
How am I supposed to pick my nose?
NBC and CNN leading the effort to cause as much panic as possible.
Or the Stay-Puft marshmallow man.
Ironically, without thinking, I was touching my face as I started reading this title.
But I had just shaved and showered, so I’m good.
When I’m out and about, I will do my best to not touch my face.
It’s the casual, careless rubbing of the eyes, especially out in public, or at work, that you should avoid.
I don’t know what everyone is worried about? The virus was made in China, so it can’t possibly last very long!
Carry a folded handkerchief in your pocket. Unfold it to wipe your eyes, being sure not to touch the part of the handerchief that you use to wipe your eyes.
Also:
*Don’t Breath!
*Visit FR’s Coronavirus Threads hourly for the latest hysteria!
The easiest entry for disease into the body is the eyes, and with that virus, you only have to walked through an invisible cloud of the stuff.
Not touching the face is good, but what about the virus clinging to the clothes being worn?
True... but it’s also true: don’t touch your face.
Yeah, plenty of panic encouragement going on here. “Don’t touch your face (or you’re gonna die)!”
Or, you’ll go blind? No, wait, that was something my mom used to say...
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