With the use of personal protective equipment on the rise amid COVID-19, some people are seeing more trash as a result.
Posts on social media show improperly discarded to fight the spread of COVID-19 infection some people are seeing.
COVI━19 SEEMS TO BE PRODUCINGSOME UNWANTED TRASH IN ANDAROUND BALTIMORE CITY.
PEOPLEARE DROPPING GLOVES AND FACEMASKS ON THE GROUND.
IT'S EVENA COMMON SIGHT AROUND GROCERYSTORES.
WMAR 2 NEWS REPORTERDAVE DETLING SPOKE TO HEALTHOFFICIALS ABOUT THE POTENTIALDANGER OF IMPROPER DISPOSAL.17:4━17:59 Personalprotective equipment has becomethe new trash.
Wediscarded on sidewalks, andparks even in Peopleyards.
People we spoke toSaint theybecause everywhere you looktherefound.
USED AND IMPROPERLYDISCARDED PERSONAL PROTECTIVEGEAR IS A BIG N━NO FORDELORES CREIGHTON.
9:4━9:59You shouldnthrough peopleand drop your trash even without Miss corona as I callher... laughs.
CREIGHTON LOVESHER BOLTON HILLNEIGHBORHOOD...B UT THE TRASSHE SEES HAS GOT TO GO.8:0━8:06 This is one of thoselittle doodads that you use topick up paper.
AND ITESPECIALLY GOOD FOR PICKING UPANY MASKS AND GLOVES &SOMETHING SHESOF.
14:4━53 When I saw thegloves I said oh no.
So Ipicking up the gloves... Imight as well pick up the restof it.
AND THEREOF PPE TRASH.
NO MATTER YOURNEIGHBORHOOD WE FOUND PLENTYOF USED COVI━19 PROTECTIVEGEAR THROWN ON THE GROUND.FROM SUPERMARKET PARKING LOTSTO OUTSIDE HEALTHCAREFACILITIESEVERYWHERE BUT IN THE TRASH.24:4━09 Especially with anytype of infectious materials,Whether therethererespiratory droplets that wedonmaterials that are on thesegloves, on these masks aswell...please do not dropthem.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERSHELLY CHOO WITH THE BALTIMORCITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYSTHIS COVI━19 LITTER ISUNHYGIENIC FOR MANY REASONS.22:0━25 Theyprevention of contact ofinfectious materials but theyat one point can becomecontaminated or soil and theycan then become a method ofexposing others of thisinfectious materials as well.HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SAY DONTLEAVE YOUR PPE27:1━24 The CDC recommendsthat for gloves, for masks thatif youthem put them in a trashreceptacle that is linesDELORES CREIGHTON SECONDS THATWHEN SHE'S DONE.
11:3━11:38 Ihavento go there and over there andaround the corner in a bit.19:5━20:05 And again, this iswhere PPEcanare picking up any type oflitter remember where your ownprotective gear.
In Baltimorecity DAVE DETLING, WMAR 2NEWS.MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOCKINGUP ON THE BASIC NECESS
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