Single-use plastic gloves seem like a good idea during coronavirus, but here's the problem

ABC News(LOL) ^ | April 7, 2020 | Kelly McCarthy

[Vendome]

News feeds online have filled up with photos of used personal protective equipment strewn about on sidewalks, streets and other public areas.

And beyond the obvious environmental impact, there's a larger concern that the once-worn items have touched contaminated surfaces and could pose a biohazard threat for those who eventually clean them up.

"Gloves protect you against contact with infectious materials. However, once contaminated, gloves can become a means for spreading infectious materials to yourself, other patients or environmental surfaces," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its PPE guidance.

The World Health Organization has said people are better off washing and sanitizing their hands than using plastic gloves because bacteria and germs that stick to gloves could be spread to another person.

[C210N]

Coming soon: a .05cent deposit on masks and gloves.

The left will happily fix the problem they created. They’ll do that just like they always do: by creating the next problem.

[caww]

.....”You should just stay at home all the time”.....

Nobdy’s going to do that. We’ve already been down that road.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks to Vendome for the above.

[ifinnegan]

I’m saying you should.

[ChildOfThe60s]

These masks people are wearing which they take on and off multiple times are nothing but germ factories.

Put the mask in your pocket and contaminate the inside of the pocket which then transfers to whatever you put into the pocket. Rinse, repeat ad nauseum.

I was watching a woman pump gas, no gloves, with a mask on, then hop in the car and drive off. Gas pump handles are about as germy as anything you will touch outside of a public bathroom.

I carry the single use gloves ($11.00 for 2,000 at Sams) in my cars and the bag on my motorcycle for pumping gas. And I, being a highly educated conservative with common sense, peel them off into.....drum roll....the trash can which is lined with a plastic garbage bag.

NOTHING is going to satisfy the virus Nazis and the goal posts are going to be moved a little at a time to infinity.

[Nifster]

Most people wear the wrong size and do not know how to safely take them off

Wash your hands

Don’t spit on the sidewalk

[kaktuskid]

Nitrile gloves are washable, if they resist gasoline and grease, soap and water won’t hurt them-nor will hand sanitizer.

[monkeyshine]

It’s the same thing with the masks. People wear them all day, many days in a row without even washing them. They put them on before they enter a store, touch 100 items, touch their clothes, then touch their mask and their eyes and mouth and nose... then remove the mask on the way out the door to their car.

I am all for proper hygiene. I admit I don’t know if this is perfect but better than nothing I think - I spray disinfectant on my mask (and wash it in the machine every so often), and I sanitize my hands with alcohol gel sanitizer. I carry both spray and gel in the car. I spray things before I touch them... like gas nozzles and ATM machines. I had to buy a new printer they made me sign with one of those electronic pens and I gave the clerk the stink eye for making me touch it... she smiled knowingly.

I spray my car door handles, door frame, and inside door handle and steering wheel. I spray boxes and cans and bottles as I remove them from the bags. Then wash my hands with soap and hot water vigorously like I was a surgeon. My wife insists all my clothes come off (yay!) and straight into the wash every day. Can’t even wear the same pair of jeans for more than 8 hours. And if I should sit on the couch in those jeans... well, she’ll douse the cushions too.

[TigersEye]

I don't need no steenking gloves!

I don't need no steenking mask!

I just need a new sombrero.

[familyop]

Gloves are fine for technically inclined people who do real work and educate themselves as lifelong pursuits of knowledge instead of struggles that end with graduation. If not properly removed and put in a sealed container soon enough, holes appear in disposable gloves. That’s knowledge of many people who are experts in nothing (humility), have no degrees and have done no medical work. Many of the young “experts” should find help for their narcissism.

[familyop]

"It’s the same thing with the masks. People wear them all day, many days in a row without even washing them. They put them on before they enter a store, touch 100 items, touch their clothes, then touch their mask and their eyes and mouth and nose... then remove the mask on the way out the door to their car."

That's better than allowing them to mouth-breathe ejections of their virus rapidly into a crowded, indoor space ten feet in front of them. An employee at a Walmart told me today, that there was only one customer who obviously didn't try to wear a mask properly. She took it off after getting in then left it dangling from one ear. The employee said that the mask-less customer weighed about 300 pounds and wore an undersized T-shirt and shorts.

[familyop]

"I spray my car door handles, door frame, and inside door handle and steering wheel."

I only do that periodically as usual. When the car is parked, the temperature in that car quickly rises enough to deactivate the virus. The wheel and handles are too hot to handle.

[a fool in paradise]

Ask the WHO if we are better off in monogamous relationships instead of hedonistic relationships with a plurality of sex partners and condoms for school kids.

STDs are more than just AIDs.

[Hootowl99]

I won’t belabor the obvious things folks hit on re. proper disposal and litter but will give you a couple of protips on taking them off and purchasing.

Protip 1 - Removing Surgical Gloves
Pinch glove 1 about an inch below the top cuff and skin it down inside out. You’ll cup this removed glove in the palm of glove 2 that you’re still wearing. Last, slip a finger under the cuff of glove 2 and skin it down inside out. What you have now is glove 1 inside glove 2 and only the non-contaminated inside of glove 2 showing. You can now safely handle the gloves bare handed. This only takes a few seconds to perform, which is a heck of a lot faster than it took to peck this out on my iPhone. LOL!

Protip 2 - Purchasing The Right Glove
Surgical gloves come in two styles. One is the standard bare glove and the second is “powdered” with talcum powder. This powdered glove is way easier on/off and is way more comfortable if it’s warm or hot where you’re wearing it or if you’re wearing gloves for an extended time.

[familyop]

Obviously, the anti-mask people are either staying at home or have caved on their declarations of rebellion. All of the people in the stores are wearing masks and acting politely with very rare exceptions. Internet orders have skyrocketed according to the vendors, and shipping has been very slow over the past few days.

And by the way, toilet paper is disappearing quickly from shelves again as of today, at least in one big Walmart that receives a truck with toilet paper every day. Everything else looked fine.

[monkeyshine]

That's better than allowing them to mouth-breathe ejections of their virus rapidly into a crowded, indoor space

I agree, though I believe the science isn't totally settled I do think it helps at least to contain the volume of spittle ejected from ones mouth. But whether it prevents the virus which I think is smaller than 5 nanometers, is an open question and depends on the fabric or type of mask (and use, as you said). Some people like those N95 masks, but most of them are good the wearer but not good for anyone around the wearer. The idea behind masks is to prevent an infected person spreading it, though many maybe mistakenly think it helps prevent one from catching it.

However, if the mask is unclean or you're wearing the same gloves over and over (like the cashiers in the markets do), and the hands are unclean, and you touch scores of things, and rub your eyes etc etc the mask is just not going to prevent cross contamination. How long the virus lives outside the body is still an open question. They said those cruise ships still had traces of virus in the cabins 17 days after it was evacuated, but whether those traces are capable of transmitting the disease I don't know.

Good hygiene is, imo, still the best preventive measure one can take.

[Don W]

If this virus is soooo dangerous, where are the Biohazard bins to dispose of the PPE people are wearing?

Why are people just tossing this PPE wherever they remove it?

Inquiring minds etc...

[Texas Eagle]

I see masks and gloves laying in parking lots everywhere. Why are the environmentalists so silent. You gotta know a lot of those things are blowing into the ocean and choking sea turtles and dolphins and whatever else lives in the ocean.

[Trillian]

Nice.

[caww]

Well I’m one who thinks ‘they’ve gone too far’ in requiring masks and the hype about it all. People should choose for themselves what they want to do or not.

If all these requirements were working then why is it continuing to spread? If it really is that bad then why aren’t the protests stopped and prohibited?

soo I don’t believe all that’s being said about this virus.