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Originally Posted by Velvet
Anyone else wonders why, given that the thinking is that the virus enters through our eyes, mouth and nose why is the advice to wash our hands, but no one mentions to wash our face?
We could wash our hands for 20 seconds or more and I would think afterwards it would be more important to wash our face for 20 seconds?
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The objective is to wash any virus-containing droplet residue off your hands before you bring that virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. I doubt your face has contaminated droplets on it unless someone coughs or sneezes within 6 feet of you.