On March 2, 2020 when COVID was looming, The Hill website announced Americans touched their faces 15.5 times an hour. This was somewhat less than an average 23 touches in Wales UK, but still worryingly high. That’s because there’s a possibility of COVID-19 spreading through our hands and fingers. We could transfer virus in droplets an infected person breathes out, after they settle on a surface we touched a while later.
It’s Practically Impossible to Distance From Every Surface
We can catch COVID from infected people in two ways, before or after they show symptoms. They can spread it from their noses and mouths when they cough, sneeze, laugh or shout moisture out. Or we can pick viruses up on our hands and fingers, after we touch surfaces where that moisture landed. Of course the virus must still be alive, but it could survive for hours, even days.
However, the virus can’t enter our bodies through our skin. It has to travel through human mouths and noses again, to continue its work. Our hands and fingers are its chosen vehicle. That’s right. We could infect ourselves when we touch our faces.
How to Prevent COVID-19 Spread Through Our Hands
Health experts recommend not touching our faces in risk zones, according The Hill magazine. But that’s kind of difficult, because this is part of subconscious communication. Sooner or later we are going to forget when our nose or mouth itches. Catching an infection this way is a long shot. However, the potential consequences are something we want to avoid.
The best way to avoid spills when decorating is wiping the surplus off the brush, and using a drop sheet. The best way to prevent COVID-19 spread through our hands follows a similar logic. That’s cleaning our hands with a sanitizing agent regularly, and covering our mouths and noses in spreader situations.
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