Michigan Nurse Demonstrates How Easy Coronavirus Cross-Contamination Can Be, Even With Gloves On
Recently, one trip to the grocery store for this former emergency room nurse made her see just how little some people know about cross-contamination. While shopping, she saw many people wearing gloves, which she thought was great. However, despite wearing gloves, they were still not exactly adhering to the recommendations of the health officials. So Molly decided to take it to Facebook and record a short “rant” explaining the process of germ spreading in the simplest way possible.
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This former nurse shared an informative rant about germ spreading
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In a Facebook video that she recently shared, Molly Lixey decided to demonstrate just how quickly germs spread at a grocery store. While people know that coronavirus spreads through sneezes and coughs, not everyone is aware of it being able to pass from talking and even just breathing.
She saw a lot of people exposing themselves to germs unknowingly
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The former nurse told CNN: “I was doing some painting around the house and it hit me that paint would be a perfect medium to use to explain this. It terrifies me to think people believe they’re safe only because they are wearing gloves and not have them be aware that they could still be harming themselves or others,” Molly told the news outlet.
So, in the video, she illustrates cross-contamination in a simple yet educational way
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In the video, Molly simulates going to the grocery store. First, she puts on gloves on her hands and then proceeds to grab her cell phone as she leaves her car. In the store, Molly cleans her shopping cart and then grabs some toilet paper. She dips her fingers in a plate of paint to show and symbolize the germs on her hands, which finally wound up on her face.
And reminds people to wash their hands properly, even if wearing gloves
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“There’s no point in wearing gloves if you’re not gonna wash your hands every time you touch something,” Molly says in the video.
Watch her video below
Here’s what people online had to say
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Share on FacebookThank you for that demonstration! It helped me a lot. It made me realize that I need to wash my hands more and how easily you can get sick!
And you also touch your steering wheel, gear shifter, seat belt and buckle and release button, door locks, radio, a/c controls etc.
My bf wipes down his car every time he drives. I used to think it was crazy but now i find it smart
Load More Replies...yes I have seen people wearing gloves and while wearing them they touch their faces, gloves don't make a difference if you touch your face Idiots!
Best video I've yet seen. I learrned a trick to taking off gloves, but we always WASH OUR HANDS after wearing them anyway. And don't touch your face. I swear to G*d, this pandemic has me wanting to put every human in a cone of shame....
If it wasn't such a problem, it would amuse me how daft people are thinking that just wearing a pair of gloves is 'protecting them'. They seem incapable of realising that any germs on the gloves are the same as germs on their bare hands. I wear gloves when I go shopping, because cleaning the trolley handle after you've already pushed it into the supermarket is pointless, I assume that any products may have germs on and try to only pick up what I am going to put into my trolley, I make damn sure not to touch my face whilst I'm shopping, using my shoulder or lower arm to deal with any itches, and when I leave, take gloves off inside out and throw them away. And when I get home, I wash my hands, cos, plus my hands are sweaty from being in rubber gloves!
This is why I think it was important, when this all started, that people should have listened to the advice of the WHO and doctors and everyone saying that healthy people should avoid wearing gloves and masks and stuff. Obviously now we're past that point, but way back then, if you were healthy and not had contact with anyone and the pandemic had not fully started, wearing gloves and/or masks would give you a false sense of security and a false sense of confidence. And you'd have your guard down. You'd be like "oh i have a mask, i have gloves, i'm safe" and then you'd be less cautious about hand washing and staying clear of people and such
Exactly, same with masks, people have no idea how and when to use them.
Load More Replies...This was good, getting us to stop and think, use common sense, however, it is easy to cross contaminate, we could get distracted, touch something and forget,we shop with gloves, what did we touch, after gloves are off, what needs cleaning ???
Thank you for that demonstration! It helped me a lot. It made me realize that I need to wash my hands more and how easily you can get sick!
And you also touch your steering wheel, gear shifter, seat belt and buckle and release button, door locks, radio, a/c controls etc.
My bf wipes down his car every time he drives. I used to think it was crazy but now i find it smart
Load More Replies...yes I have seen people wearing gloves and while wearing them they touch their faces, gloves don't make a difference if you touch your face Idiots!
Best video I've yet seen. I learrned a trick to taking off gloves, but we always WASH OUR HANDS after wearing them anyway. And don't touch your face. I swear to G*d, this pandemic has me wanting to put every human in a cone of shame....
If it wasn't such a problem, it would amuse me how daft people are thinking that just wearing a pair of gloves is 'protecting them'. They seem incapable of realising that any germs on the gloves are the same as germs on their bare hands. I wear gloves when I go shopping, because cleaning the trolley handle after you've already pushed it into the supermarket is pointless, I assume that any products may have germs on and try to only pick up what I am going to put into my trolley, I make damn sure not to touch my face whilst I'm shopping, using my shoulder or lower arm to deal with any itches, and when I leave, take gloves off inside out and throw them away. And when I get home, I wash my hands, cos, plus my hands are sweaty from being in rubber gloves!
This is why I think it was important, when this all started, that people should have listened to the advice of the WHO and doctors and everyone saying that healthy people should avoid wearing gloves and masks and stuff. Obviously now we're past that point, but way back then, if you were healthy and not had contact with anyone and the pandemic had not fully started, wearing gloves and/or masks would give you a false sense of security and a false sense of confidence. And you'd have your guard down. You'd be like "oh i have a mask, i have gloves, i'm safe" and then you'd be less cautious about hand washing and staying clear of people and such
Exactly, same with masks, people have no idea how and when to use them.
Load More Replies...This was good, getting us to stop and think, use common sense, however, it is easy to cross contaminate, we could get distracted, touch something and forget,we shop with gloves, what did we touch, after gloves are off, what needs cleaning ???
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