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Use your own pen.

At stores, restaurants, the gym, and the doctor's office, pull out your own pen to sign credit slips and check-in sheets.

When handling other people’s pens, you can transmit viruses to your fingers, and when you touch your face, eyes, or nose, these pathogens may be transferred directly into your mucosal tissues.

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