One of the simplest things people have been told to do in the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19 is not touching your face.
However, everyone knows stopping this subconscious habit is easier said than done so Australian Dr Daniel Reardon decided it was time he tried to solve the problem. He probably now wishes he didn't.
The astrophysicist from Melbourne invented a necklace that alerts people if they're about to touch their faces using powerful magnets. While testing a prototype of the invention, Dr Reardon fell victim to his ingeniousness when he got several of the magnets stuck up his nose.
A red-faced Dr Reardon then had to go to hospital.
"My partner made sure to take me to a hospital that she works at so she brought some friends over to have a laugh at me," he told The Project on Tuesday.
"A doctor first tried to remove them with some tweezers but unfortunately they couldn't get a grip and in fact, the magnets were attracted to the tweezers.
"In the end, they needed to call for some help and I had two doctors pulling at the magnets in my nose - one in each nostril pulling with quite a bit of force - and eventually they came out one-by-one."
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