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In reply to the discussion: What's the protocol for making a trip to the grocery? [View all]Meowmee
(5,164 posts)And I will try to in the future. I ordered a cloth one which can be sterilized. Gloves will help if you take them off the right way etc. and wash your hands. I sterilize the cart, no wipes here, so I bring my own. I am taking my clothes off when I get home and washing them as well as hands etc. I dont shower though, but I have been washing my face. If I touch my face when out without a tissue I sterilize with bac benzelkonium chloride and I wash before going out and put bac on too. It is very hard hard not to touch your face but the mask helped me.
This report from who says airborne transmission is not a reported route, I think touching things may be more so or someone coughing sneezing right near you etc. and droplets land on you.
Routes of transmission
COVID-19 is transmitted via droplets and fomites during close unprotected contact between an infector and infectee. Airborne spread has not been reported for COVID-19 and it is not believed to be a major driver of transmission based on available evidence; however, it can be envisaged if certain aerosol-generating procedures are conducted in health care facilities. Fecal shedding has been demonstrated from some patients, and viable virus has been identified in a limited number of case reports. However, the fecal-oral route does not appear to be a driver of COVID-19 transmission; its role and significance for COVID-19 remains to be determined. Viral shedding is discussed in the Technical Findings (Annex C).
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf