Not Touching Your Face May Be Harder Than You Think

Students interact with objects everyday, such as keyboards, computer mouses, and door knobs. 

Then, without realizing, they touch their face, which makes it easier for germs to enter the body. 

Not touching your face sounds easy right? Well, it might be harder than you think.

 We asked a few Fresno state students if we could film them for five minutes to see within that short span if they touched their face.

After observing students for five minutes, we asked them if they were aware of they had touched their faces. Most said they didn’t realize it.

“When I’m doing my work and all that I don’t pay attention to it. Now that you mention it, yeah that’s bad. Especially with all the things that are going on right now,” said Fresno State student Osiel Hernandez. 

Hernandez was surprised that he didn’t notice the number of times he touched his face.

“I do touch my face a lot,” said Madison Gulley, who is back in Fresno during spring break from the University of Arizona. “I think the five minutes that I didn’t touch my face was weird.”

Gulley came home to Fresno because she didn’t have any spring break plans.

“But I’m not going back due to the virus. And my school is not taking it very seriously so I don’t want to go back,” Gulley said. 

Jose Ruiz is a biology major and says social media is a constant reminder to have healthy habits. 

“It helps you prevent it. It constantly reminds you don’t do this, don’t touch your face,” Ruiz said.

“So just stay safe, carry hand sanitizer with you all the time and protect yourself,” Hernandez said. 

Hand sanitizers are now a hard commodity to find in local stores, but you can still wash your hands with soap and water.