I don't handle the outside of my mask. one i made. i lift it off with the elastic over my ear. always. makes me so unhappy to see people, especially children, pull on their masks touching the center right where they breath in. My son doesn't think it is bad but then he hates masks. sigh.
now they are saying fabric masks are bad. What are masks made out of they approve of- metal? Oh well, we all will work it out.