Another reason not to pick your nose, besides it being rather unseemly and possibly linked to dementia, is that it may increase your risk of catching COVID-19, according to a newly published study.
Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands wanted to look at healthcare workers at greater risk of picking up theA total of 219 health professionals completed the study survey, and those who admitted picking their noses were more likely toover the course of six months: the infection rate was 17 percent for habitual nose pickers compared to 5.9 percent for the others.
This doesn't prove that nose picking caused the infection; it only highlights an association.
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