Tuesday, September 08, 2026

It’s time to take the gloves off during vaccination

Food for thought! Unfortunately, over the past 2-3 decades or so wearing gloves has become sort of a requirement for many daily activities. It is probably excessive and is a form of government paternalism

What are the alternatives to gloves? What about more latex gloves instead of nitrile or vinyl?

Do these gloves have to be disposable!

Example: "If all 18 million health care workers in the U.S. get a flu shot, that equals 36 million gloves, or 108 metric tons of garbage."

Stop wasting gloves during flu vaccination | STAT (behind paywall, sort of) "In most cases, using gloves while administering a vaccine is wasteful and unnecessary"


There is even a color guide for medical gloves (Source)


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