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My son is 4 and we get a lot of kids books out of the library. I do wonder occasionally whether he can catch a cold from the books since kids are sick quite a l
by jacobkg 7y ago
My son is 4 and we get a lot of kids books out of the library. I do wonder occasionally whether he can catch a cold from the books since kids are sick quite a lot and they like to put their hands in their mouths, etc
- dragonwriter 7y agoSure, he can get a cold (and a variety of other things, like hand, foot, and mouth disease) that way.
- orev 7y agoThe lifetime of most common viruses once they are outside The body is measured in minutes, so you should be fine.
- CamperBob2 7y agoMore to the point, how are you going to transmit viruses without a liquid medium of some kind? (Any virologists out there? Does that ever happen?) A very small number of viral particles isn't usually enough to cause disease, as I understand it, and I definitely don't see how you'll pick up enough from dry paper to become sick. If that sort of thing were possible, people would be getting diseases like warts and herpes from the toilet paper in public restrooms. Library books would be pretty far down my list of concerns.