Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely to catch Covid, data suggests

Nose-picking healthcare workers more likely to catch Covid, data suggests Nose-picking should be given greater consideration as a potential health hazard, researchers have said, after finding healthcare workers who engaged in rhinotillexis were more likely to catch Covid than those who refrained.

Scientists in the Netherlands say research has previously found healthcare workers who had direct contact with Covid patients were more likely to catch Covid than those who did not. The Guardian

See also:

• Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers (open access) PLOS One
• Picking your nose raises your risk of catching COVID, study suggests The Daily Mail