Psychology experts explain how to stop touching your face to minimize spread of coronavirus and other germs

Public health officials consistently promote hand-washing as a way for people to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, this virus can live on metal and plastic for days, so simply adjusting your eyeglasses with unwashed hands may be enough to infect yourself. Thus, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionand the World Health Organizationhave been telling people to stop touching their faces.We are experts in psychological science and public health. Brian Labusis an expert in communicable diseases who knows what people should do to avoid becoming infected. Stephen Benn...