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THE WASHINGTON POST – Habitual nose picking is associated with an increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, researchers in the Netherlands found. A new study, published on Wednesday in PLOS ONE, showed that nearly 85 per cent of 219 healthcare workers surveyed reported picking their noses with varying frequencies – monthly, weekly or daily. Of […]
Habitual nose picking is associated with an increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, researchers in the Netherlands found.
Coronavirus is spread primarily through respiratory droplets that are inhaled
Habitual nose picking is associated with an increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, researchers in the Netherlands found. A new study, published Wednesday in PLOS ONE, showed that nearly 85 percent of 219 health-care workers surveyed reported picking their noses with varying frequencies - monthly, weekly or daily. Of those, about 17 percent contracted the coronavirus, compared with about 6 percent of those who said they did not engage in the activity. The risk was relatively the same for
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