“Don’t throw these things on the ground. It’s actually dangerous. It actually could put other people in harm’s way,” de Blasio said during his daily message on the pandemic in response to a question from a New Yorker. “Look, we don’t like littering to begin with, but we especially don’t like littering when there might be a deadly virus on these gloves or masks. I’m not trying to be alarmist, it’s just common sense.”