Abstract:BACKGROUND
Frequent spontaneous facial self-touches, predominantly during outbreaks, have the theoretical potential to be a mechanism of contracting and transmitting diseases. Despite the recent advent of vaccines, behavioral approaches remain an integral part of reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Real-time biofeedback of face touching can potentially mitigate the spread of respiratory diseases. The gap addressed in this study is the lack of an on-demand pl… Show more
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