"Do wash your hands, do stand 2 meters apart -- but don't touch your face? We touch our face for many reasons: to groom, to gesture (like with the classic face palm) and to scratch. To overcome these ingrained habits, Michie recommends making a conscious effort to keep your hands below shoulder level at all times and train yourself to resist the urge to touch your face. Floating Doctors, a US medical relief group, has launched a "Don't Touch Your Face" campaign to implore people to break the physical and psychological habit of touching their face. It's almost silly, and it just doesn't feel right that stopping face touching could make much of a difference.

Source: CNN April 02, 2020 14:15 UTC