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In reply to the discussion: Chance of contracting COVID-19 from surfaces nearly zero: CDC [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)38. re: "What if you touch a hundred contaminated surfaces a day"
Unless maybe you work in a covid ward, I think it would be awfully hard to touch 100 contaminated surfaces in a day, much less do it every day for 100 days. Because, after all, the vast majority of surfaces one comes in contact with are, in fact, not contaminated.
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First month of wiping everything down. Groceries, wine bottles, everything. What a pain that was.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#1
Ya, I am way lazy too. The first groceries I had delivered I wiped down all. The next and next, not
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#8
Better safe than sorry - what if it had turned out it was spread by surfaces?
NullTuples
Apr 2021
#31
As I said, did it for a month or so while following the info and we learned pretty quickly, probably
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#33
Given the info we had to work with I think many of us did the best we could!
NullTuples
Apr 2021
#41
I still laugh at the toilet paper people, asses. I wonder if they still have a garage full.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#3
They'll get the last laugh when the price goes up and they still have a lot left.
jimfields33
Apr 2021
#6
I know. I w2as down to two rolls and oh my gosh, when I found a 12 pack I was all excited.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#10
True for COVID, but not for seeminlngly-forgotten Norovirus! So, those thinking they can ignore
hlthe2b
Apr 2021
#12
Sorry to burst your bubble, but no clear evidence of cross-protective immunity to different strains
hlthe2b
Apr 2021
#53
I'm kind of proud of myself about this because I was always rather doubtful that surfaces
Martin68
Apr 2021
#37
We've basically known for a year that things have not needed sanitizing
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2021
#39