“Says gloves shouldn’t be worn in public because “if you are wearing the same set of gloves all over town you are only spreading germs everywhere you go.”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 5 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
People who wear gloves too long or dispose of them improperly end up increasing the virus spread or their own exposure.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10222747946070212&set=a.1071254944554&type=3&thea…
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