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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Is anyone else concerned at the number of people wearing gloves when there shopping. I'm not just talking about disposable ones. The number of people wearing gardening gloves is crazy.

Wearing gloves is more likely to spread covid, all people need to do is wash or sanitise their hands when the entering and leave a shop, and not to handle stuff unless there buying it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel. "

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid "

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself. "

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

This sums it up pretty well I think!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/04/05/doctor-uses-tiktok-show-shouldnt-wear-gloves-supermarket-12511861/amp/

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty. "

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks "

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

"

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination. "

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves. "

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not? "

You know your hand can't catch covid don't you. By wearing glove your putting other people and yourself at higher risk. Especially if you keep resuming the gloves because everytime use take them on and off what evers on them is on your hands.

In your scenario what I'd have done is, arrive at shop, place phone in pocket, get trolly, go to sanitise station sanitise trolly, sanitise hand, continue shopping as per. Wash hands afterwards, if you feel you need to santise your phone, no need for gloves. Can't see why you needed to use your phone between picking up trolly and sanitising station.

Tbh I feel your just be argumentative for the sake of it. Medical professionals say don't wear gloves but you ignore that advise, glove spread disease

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not?

You know your hand can't catch covid don't you. By wearing glove your putting other people and yourself at higher risk. Especially if you keep resuming the gloves because everytime use take them on and off what evers on them is on your hands.

In your scenario what I'd have done is, arrive at shop, place phone in pocket, get trolly, go to sanitise station sanitise trolly, sanitise hand, continue shopping as per. Wash hands afterwards, if you feel you need to santise your phone, no need for gloves. Can't see why you needed to use your phone between picking up trolly and sanitising station.

Tbh I feel your just be argumentative for the sake of it. Medical professionals say don't wear gloves but you ignore that advise, glove spread disease "

Yes I know your hand can't catch covid. But it can sure as hell transmit covid from a trolley handle to my phone, which then gets pressed against my ear or at the very least gets touched with my hands which then go on my face. And as for why I couldn't just put it away, it's very simple. I had no pockets. I don't know if you're aware but ladies clothing very rarely comes with pockets. And I'm sure as hell not going to stuff my phone down my bra in front of a bunch of strangers in the queue.

I'm not being argumentative. In fact I've repeated the same thing many times in the simplest terms I could manage while addressing all your points and yet you're choosing to ignore everything I've said. No point debating with someone who literally will not even acknowledge your points, therefore I'm done with this thread.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not?

You know your hand can't catch covid don't you. By wearing glove your putting other people and yourself at higher risk. Especially if you keep resuming the gloves because everytime use take them on and off what evers on them is on your hands.

In your scenario what I'd have done is, arrive at shop, place phone in pocket, get trolly, go to sanitise station sanitise trolly, sanitise hand, continue shopping as per. Wash hands afterwards, if you feel you need to santise your phone, no need for gloves. Can't see why you needed to use your phone between picking up trolly and sanitising station.

Tbh I feel your just be argumentative for the sake of it. Medical professionals say don't wear gloves but you ignore that advise, glove spread disease

Yes I know your hand can't catch covid. But it can sure as hell transmit covid from a trolley handle to my phone, which then gets pressed against my ear or at the very least gets touched with my hands which then go on my face. And as for why I couldn't just put it away, it's very simple. I had no pockets. I don't know if you're aware but ladies clothing very rarely comes with pockets. And I'm sure as hell not going to stuff my phone down my bra in front of a bunch of strangers in the queue.

I'm not being argumentative. In fact I've repeated the same thing many times in the simplest terms I could manage while addressing all your points and yet you're choosing to ignore everything I've said. No point debating with someone who literally will not even acknowledge your points, therefore I'm done with this thread. "

No but it's likely you had a bag?

Just trying to stop you spreading contaminants around because you don't understand the basic principles. Anyway contiune putting others and yourself at risk.

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over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not?

You know your hand can't catch covid don't you. By wearing glove your putting other people and yourself at higher risk. Especially if you keep resuming the gloves because everytime use take them on and off what evers on them is on your hands.

In your scenario what I'd have done is, arrive at shop, place phone in pocket, get trolly, go to sanitise station sanitise trolly, sanitise hand, continue shopping as per. Wash hands afterwards, if you feel you need to santise your phone, no need for gloves. Can't see why you needed to use your phone between picking up trolly and sanitising station.

Tbh I feel your just be argumentative for the sake of it. Medical professionals say don't wear gloves but you ignore that advise, glove spread disease

Yes I know your hand can't catch covid. But it can sure as hell transmit covid from a trolley handle to my phone, which then gets pressed against my ear or at the very least gets touched with my hands which then go on my face. And as for why I couldn't just put it away, it's very simple. I had no pockets. I don't know if you're aware but ladies clothing very rarely comes with pockets. And I'm sure as hell not going to stuff my phone down my bra in front of a bunch of strangers in the queue.

I'm not being argumentative. In fact I've repeated the same thing many times in the simplest terms I could manage while addressing all your points and yet you're choosing to ignore everything I've said. No point debating with someone who literally will not even acknowledge your points, therefore I'm done with this thread.

No but it's likely you had a bag?

Just trying to stop you spreading contaminants around because you don't understand the basic principles. Anyway contiune putting others and yourself at risk. "

What because all women carry handbags?! if i had a bag do you not think I'd have put the phone in my bag? Jesus christ...

And yeah mate, I think I will

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over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty. "

That's not entirely true.

If you are the only one in an enclosed space Wearing a mask is pretty ineffective but if everyone is wearing one else is, you are less likely to be exposed by people coughing and sneezing.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

One thing that cracks me up..

Numpties walking around shops with latex gloves on and scrolling thier phones while shopping. DOH!

--- --- ---

I wear one glove on my right hand, putting my left in pocket until in-store.

I handle the trolley with gloved hand and assuming items handled by shelf stackers are low risk, only pick up and place items in basket with left hand.

Only using gloved hand to push trolley and open fridges and freezers.

Unpack onto checkout with ungloved hand and back in with same. Once out, same hand touches car door and shopping into car.

Return trolley then when back at car, used ungloved hand to flip off glove by inserting fingers behind wrist to pull off inside out and drop onto car footwell. Use Hand San on both hands then drive home.

At home, carry shopping in, lastly glove into bin before going in to wash hands.

I find not wearing two gloves makes me more conscious of clean/not so clean and deciding which is best hand.

I consider trolley handle and doors the highest risk so use gloved hand for this.

This method means box of gloves lasts twice as many trips.

Hope someone finds it useful..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm starting to feel a bit odd now for doing my weekly shop with my bare hands and just washing them before going and after getting home. State people are getting themselves in on here over bloody gloves

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I agree that wearing gloves will protect the person wearing them...but will spread more germs to everyone else. The ideal scenario is hand gel when you enter and leave each shop.

As for the trolley cleaning stations, they are useless as by the time you get the trolley cleaned you've already touched. In my Tesco (I'm an employee) we wipe the baskets before the customer touches it and then pass it over whilst still holding it with the wipe. We don't have trolleys at my store

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By *retty womanWoman
over a year ago

Near Bournemouth


"Is anyone else concerned at the number of people wearing gloves when there shopping. I'm not just talking about disposable ones. The number of people wearing gardening gloves is crazy.

Wearing gloves is more likely to spread covid, all people need to do is wash or sanitise their hands when the entering and leave a shop, and not to handle stuff unless there buying it. "

They're x2

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gloves are pretty pointless and gives people a false sense of protection.

I Use hand and after iv enterd the shop then wash my hands as soon as I get home.

If I have to use public transport I will be wearing a pair of disposable gloves that will be put on just before i get on the bus/tube and taken off the moment i leave the station.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid "

Exactly. Pick up and take

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By *erdyWoman
over a year ago

wiltshire


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks "

Agree - I wear disposable when in shops to protect myself and will continue to do so. Amateur advice not particularly appreciated OP.

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By *erdyWoman
over a year ago

wiltshire


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not?

You know your hand can't catch covid don't you. By wearing glove your putting other people and yourself at higher risk. Especially if you keep resuming the gloves because everytime use take them on and off what evers on them is on your hands.

In your scenario what I'd have done is, arrive at shop, place phone in pocket, get trolly, go to sanitise station sanitise trolly, sanitise hand, continue shopping as per. Wash hands afterwards, if you feel you need to santise your phone, no need for gloves. Can't see why you needed to use your phone between picking up trolly and sanitising station.

Tbh I feel your just be argumentative for the sake of it. Medical professionals say don't wear gloves but you ignore that advise, glove spread disease

Yes I know your hand can't catch covid. But it can sure as hell transmit covid from a trolley handle to my phone, which then gets pressed against my ear or at the very least gets touched with my hands which then go on my face. And as for why I couldn't just put it away, it's very simple. I had no pockets. I don't know if you're aware but ladies clothing very rarely comes with pockets. And I'm sure as hell not going to stuff my phone down my bra in front of a bunch of strangers in the queue.

I'm not being argumentative. In fact I've repeated the same thing many times in the simplest terms I could manage while addressing all your points and yet you're choosing to ignore everything I've said. No point debating with someone who literally will not even acknowledge your points, therefore I'm done with this thread. "

Agree, no point trying to debate with OP - it is clearly lost on him.

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

Did you tell the people wearing gardening gloves that it was a pointless exercise?

Did you explain them your reasons?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Perhaps some of you should wear boxing gloves

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple
over a year ago

Falkirk


"Perhaps some of you should wear boxing gloves "

That would be a bugger when trying to get change out.

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By *he riverdeep69Couple
over a year ago

North west ish

For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

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By *ettyboop61Woman
over a year ago

St Neots


"One thing that cracks me up..

Numpties walking around shops with latex gloves on and scrolling thier phones while shopping. DOH!

--- --- ---

I wear one glove on my right hand, putting my left in pocket until in-store.

I handle the trolley with gloved hand and assuming items handled by shelf stackers are low risk, only pick up and place items in basket with left hand.

Only using gloved hand to push trolley and open fridges and freezers.

Unpack onto checkout with ungloved hand and back in with same. Once out, same hand touches car door and shopping into car.

Return trolley then when back at car, used ungloved hand to flip off glove by inserting fingers behind wrist to pull off inside out and drop onto car footwell. Use Hand San on both hands then drive home.

At home, carry shopping in, lastly glove into bin before going in to wash hands.

I find not wearing two gloves makes me more conscious of clean/not so clean and deciding which is best hand.

I consider trolley handle and doors the highest risk so use gloved hand for this.

This method means box of gloves lasts twice as many trips.

Hope someone finds it useful.."

But when you get home do you sanitise every item that you have bought? I do for my elderly mother

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?"

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Is anyone else concerned at the number of people wearing gloves when there shopping. I'm not just talking about disposable ones. The number of people wearing gardening gloves is crazy.

Wearing gloves is more likely to spread covid, all people need to do is wash or sanitise their hands when the entering and leave a shop, and not to handle stuff unless there buying it. "

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks Agree - I wear disposable when in shops to protect myself and will continue to do so. Amateur advice not particularly appreciated OP. "

Not amature advice. It's what's been adviced by medical professionals

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never worn gloves or a mask.

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By *eddy and legsCouple
over a year ago

the wetlands


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied."

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks

Your likely to contaminate your hands when you take the gloves off. And in the meantime you've spread any contaminants you've picked up all over the tube, up the escalators through the ticket barriers etc etc.

I wouldnt class, Brois or Dominic as health professionals. They have required people to wear them in certain circumstances to give the general population a precieved feeling that they make you safer so people start doing things again. If your mask has even the smallest gap there not stopping anything.

Plus if you only want to take advice of medic read the article or Google gloves they say don't wear them.

Not if you take the gloves off properly. And I would have spread the contaminants even if I hadn't been wearing gloves. They would have just been on my hands instead. Like I've said multiple times, the gloves are there to protect your hands so you don't contaminate them if you don't have access to hand washing facilities. Not to stop cross contamination.

Actually not as effectively, gloves actual spread contamination more effectively than hands.

But either way you've kind of missed my point people don't change thier gloves every time they touch things and alot are not wearing disposable theyre wearing gardening or work gloves.

Yes, because, again, people's main concern is protecting their hands, NOT cross contamination. For example:

Today I went to tesco. I forgot the antibacterial wipes that I usually take with me to wipe down the trolley so, to PROTECT MY HANDS, I put a carrier bag over the handles and used that to push my trolley until I could get to the sanitising station. Why did I want to protect my hands? Because I was using my phone throughout my shopping trip as my shopping list was on it. I used one hand to pick up products from the shelf and the other hand to hold and use my phone. If I hadn't put the carrier bag over the trolley handle and touched it with my bare hands I would have then transmitted anything that might have been on it to my phone. But I didn't. Because I protected my hands.

Gardening gloves or not, if you are putting a barrier between your hand and an infected surface, you are protecting your hand are you not? "

Do you not use your phone to look up nutrition information on products your shopping for?

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over a year ago


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands."

This

There is no replacement for washing hands, it’s still the best way gloves off not

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands."

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Christ stay indoors, order a delivery, when it arrives, wipe it all down.

Wash your hands when finished, then....

Get on with your life!

It really is a head spinning thread this one lol

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By *yn drwgMan
over a year ago

Camarthen


"Re handling stuff - what if I want to check nutrition labels on food? What if I simply change my mind?

Gloves are useful for those without access to hand washing facilities/hand gel.

No they aren't at all. There actually worse than if you sanitise your hands before your enter the store.

Gloves will transfer the virus more effectively than your hands. In order to be safer you'd need a fresh pair of gloves for each and every item you pick up.

Why do you think shop workers and people on tills aren't wearing gloves.

The only people wearing them should be medical professionals who will dispose of them after seeing each patient and its to protect them for a miriade of things as well as covid

Yes and most stores have disinfecting stations at the entrance and exits. Like I said they are useful for when those are not available. Take the gloves off and now you are free to touch your face/eat your lunch etc. Masks are about protecting others, gloves are about protecting yourself.

So you saying you put on a new pair of gloves everytime you touch something, and never reuse a pair becasue thats not what I'm seeing.

Also mask protect no one unless they are proper FP3 and fitted correclty.

Yes, I do. I have a box of disposable gloves which, as per the name, I dispose of and do not reuse. You're confusing personal protection with cross contamination, the latter of which would happen whether one wears gloves or not. Say I go on the tube and I'm wearing gloves. I get off the tube and it's windy outside so I decide I need to tie my hair up. I've just run out of hand gel, but luckily I was wearing gloves which I can now take off and my hands are clean enough to touch my face and hair with

If masks are so useless why was I not allowed into my GP surgery today unless I had some sort of face covering? Think I'd rather go by the advice of actual medical professional thanks "

The clue is in the name, disposable gloves!

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By *est Wales WifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Carmarthen


"Never worn gloves or a mask. "

Nor me.

Whilst there is some possible benefit (and it is only that) from wearing masks there is no logic at all to wearing gloves at all. It is in fact completely stupid as a virus cannot cross the skin barrier and the moment you touch something they are no longer sterile (if they were in the first place).

It's all part of the illogical nonsense of fear lapped up by a gullible public who conveniently forget the 64,000+ deaths from air pollution per year, the 110,000+ deaths per year from cardio vascular disease, the 80,000+ deaths from smoking per year (all preventable) and the thousands who are and will now die because the NHS has effectively been shut for three months for cancer treatments and routine screenings.

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By *eddy and legsCouple
over a year ago

the wetlands


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands. "

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

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over a year ago

Falkirk

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting"

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19.

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By *eddy and legsCouple
over a year ago

the wetlands


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19. "

And the point I was trying to make which obviously I didn't make clear enough, is that gloves should be worn and removed correctly or it defeats any advantage there might be to wearing them.

After removing disposible gloves, or any other PPE then hand washing should be one of the first things to do because no matter how careful you are some contaminant could be transferred to your hands.

I know it probably (hopefully) comes naturally to you but not for all.

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19.

And the point I was trying to make which obviously I didn't make clear enough, is that gloves should be worn and removed correctly or it defeats any advantage there might be to wearing them.

After removing disposible gloves, or any other PPE then hand washing should be one of the first things to do because no matter how careful you are some contaminant could be transferred to your hands.

I know it probably (hopefully) comes naturally to you but not for all."

The point i was making had no relevance to hand washing.

This is a totally separate procedure after the removal and disposal of latex gloves.

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By *he riverdeep69Couple
over a year ago

North west ish


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19.

And the point I was trying to make which obviously I didn't make clear enough, is that gloves should be worn and removed correctly or it defeats any advantage there might be to wearing them.

After removing disposible gloves, or any other PPE then hand washing should be one of the first things to do because no matter how careful you are some contaminant could be transferred to your hands.

I know it probably (hopefully) comes naturally to you but not for all.

The point i was making had no relevance to hand washing.

This is a totally separate procedure after the removal and disposal of latex gloves.

"

And this is why gloves are really not a good idea - Latex allergies and the public generally do not understand how to remove ppe and the importance of sanitising or washing their hands after removing gloves. They think they are immune cos they have gloves on. They would be better off with good hand hygiene/washing technique and the appropriate use of hand sanitiser. The amount of disguarded gloves you see in the street is disgusting.

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19.

And the point I was trying to make which obviously I didn't make clear enough, is that gloves should be worn and removed correctly or it defeats any advantage there might be to wearing them.

After removing disposible gloves, or any other PPE then hand washing should be one of the first things to do because no matter how careful you are some contaminant could be transferred to your hands.

I know it probably (hopefully) comes naturally to you but not for all.

The point i was making had no relevance to hand washing.

This is a totally separate procedure after the removal and disposal of latex gloves.

And this is why gloves are really not a good idea - Latex allergies and the public generally do not understand how to remove ppe and the importance of sanitising or washing their hands after removing gloves. They think they are immune cos they have gloves on. They would be better off with good hand hygiene/washing technique and the appropriate use of hand sanitiser. The amount of disguarded gloves you see in the street is disgusting. "

Right so you are specifically talking about the general public.

People bulk buying latex gloves in the beginning because it was asummed if you glove up you couldn't catch it. Various sources of information which wasn't clear and people just generally doing thier own thing.

I also agree with the disposal. These are classed as bio hazard waste material.

I've not witnessed any littering specifically related to PPE however I can only comment on my general area.

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By *eeleyWoman
over a year ago

Dudley

Wasn't the guidance about masks and gloves NOT to buy them? They have already stated that the general public don't need to wear gloves.

I've had shopping delivered most weeks during the lockdown and never wiped anything down and not had covid (that I know of).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"For those wearing gloves can you explain how you take them off and dispose of them?

Also are you using latex free gloves or latex ones?

The latex free gloves we use at work have tab at the cuff end that hangs down.

When you are finished you put your hand flat and pull the tab across the palm of your hand towards your fingers. The rolls the glove inside out so you don't come in contact with the outer surface of the glove.

We have a special pedal operated bin for gloves only. It gets picked up once a week and emptied.

And during your training,the first thing youre taught to do after removing the gloves is wash your hands.

This is standard work procedures for us so no additional training was required.

I don't follow people around after they have removed thier gloves so I can't say if they wash thier hands.

So you were never trained in correct use of ppe by your employer ... Interesting

But the question didn't relate to covid regulations in the work place.

The question i was replying to was how do people remove and dispose of latex gloves.

I'm more than happy to send you our current HSE policy regarding covid 19.

And the point I was trying to make which obviously I didn't make clear enough, is that gloves should be worn and removed correctly or it defeats any advantage there might be to wearing them.

After removing disposible gloves, or any other PPE then hand washing should be one of the first things to do because no matter how careful you are some contaminant could be transferred to your hands.

I know it probably (hopefully) comes naturally to you but not for all.

The point i was making had no relevance to hand washing.

This is a totally separate procedure after the removal and disposal of latex gloves.

And this is why gloves are really not a good idea - Latex allergies and the public generally do not understand how to remove ppe and the importance of sanitising or washing their hands after removing gloves. They think they are immune cos they have gloves on. They would be better off with good hand hygiene/washing technique and the appropriate use of hand sanitiser. The amount of disguarded gloves you see in the street is disgusting.

Right so you are specifically talking about the general public.

People bulk buying latex gloves in the beginning because it was asummed if you glove up you couldn't catch it. Various sources of information which wasn't clear and people just generally doing thier own thing.

I also agree with the disposal. These are classed as bio hazard waste material.

I've not witnessed any littering specifically related to PPE however I can only comment on my general area.

"

Your lucky see fair amount of gloves and masks in the street and have to be careful that our dog doesn’t pick any up when we are out walking

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