The coronavirus challenge: how not to not touch your face
by Elle Hunt from Science | The Guardian on (#50BP6)
Scarves, friends, the example of the US president, can any of them help you follow the latest health advice?
"I haven't touched my face in weeks," said Donald Trump, at a meeting with airline CEOs about the coronavirus crisis on Wednesday. "I miss it."
Twitter users promptly found recent photos of the president with his hands all over his chops, claiming to have caught him in a lie. But in this case, Trump may have revealed a fundamental truth of life in the time of Covid-19: it is really, really hard to resist touching your face.
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