[ncallaway]

> So no, gloves are entirely useless for protection from this kind of virus.

Gloves, even if they do nothing else, act as a strong reminder not to touch your face. Breaking that habit alone can strongly reduce your risk of transmission.

[notacoward]

Also to change them (and/or wash your hands) if you touch your face anyway, or forget and sneeze/cough into your hands, etc. They're often brightly colored to reinforce this "reminder" function. They certainly don't have to be. Pretty sure their natural color would be off-white or grey.

[remmargorp64]

You know what else stops you from touching your face?

A face mask.

[ncallaway]

...ok?

I was more responding to the person about gloves, but what you say is also true.

[remmargorp64]

Just trying to combat all of the people discouraging face mask use, since apparently everyone in America is of the opinion that face masks are useless.