Teen Invents a Watch That Warns You About Touching Your Face so You Don’t Catch the Flu

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We touch our faces for many reasons: to gesture, to scratch, to rest our chins. The act can even be soothing in times of stress.

But in the midst of a virus, such an ordinary habit can also hasten infection—with our hands transferring germs from contaminated surfaces into our bodies through our eyes, ears, noses, or mouths.