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Does picking your nose really increase your risk of COVID?

By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University

Health workers who picked their noses were more likely to contract COVID, according to a new study. But here’s what the study means for the rest of us.

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