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38 Things You Can Buy On Amazon That Will Help You Touch Your Face Slightly Less
How to reduce your face touching in the age of of coronavirus.
Public officials say we need to stop touching our faces in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, but even they can’t stop touching their faces.
I understand the challenge. I myself am a very fidgety person with sensitive skin — and I have two teenagers who like to touch their faces, too. One of those kids is autistic, and that’s made me more aware of all the sensory cues that lead me to touch my own face.
Now that people are over the world are also trying to touch their faces less, I want to share what I’ve learned….and what I’ve purchased. Because I’m an Amazon addict, and many of my anti-face-touching strategies have arrived at our doors in large cardboard boxes.
Here’s one thing I’m not buying: face masks! Seriously, people, you need to stop buying face masks. First of all, they don’t help: Every public health official in the world says that the only people who should wear masks are people who are sick themselves or who are caring for sick people, since…