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That means any items you buy in a supermarket (greens wrapped in plastic, toilet paper, packaged meet, tin cans) should be set aside at home for 3 days? And you
by splittingTimes 7y ago
That means any items you buy in a supermarket (greens wrapped in plastic, toilet paper, packaged meet, tin cans) should be set aside at home for 3 days? And you need to disinfect yourself after each round to the store...
- officialjunk 7y agocorrect. also quarantine deliveries.
- splittingTimes 7y agoCould i use commercial UV-lights (like for tanning or medicinal appliance) and illuminate the items to kill off the virus?
- raverbashing 7y agoGood question. I suspect viruses are less UV-sensitive than bacteria However the main issue is that protecting yourself from the UV blast might be more complicated than just disinfecting the product using traditional means
- tastroder 7y agoJust don't lick the plastic your toilet paper comes wrapped in, unpack it when you get home, and wash your hands. Same with trips to the store. This calls for being a bit more conscious of basic hygiene, not showering in disinfectant.
- triceratops 7y agoYou could wipe them with a disinfectant wipe. Or wash your hands. Or both.
- altarius 7y agoNo, not as far as I can tell. If I read this paper right, viruses on surfaces/aerosols decay exponentially (so no specific "life-time") and they determined the half-lives here. Start with more particles and you reach the detection threshold later. To figure out when all viral particles are inactive you'd have to know how many particles you'd typically start with. I doubt that the amount of particles they spread on the surfaces is typical of what an infected person would spread.