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From https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronaviru... > The
by y-c-o-m-b 7y ago
From https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronaviru...
> The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
24 hours is within the time-frame of same-day deliveries at the least. I think OP's point still stands; it's a disease vector.
- soperj 7y ago24 hours isn't days.
- eecc 7y agoOh there! See that? It’s the point you missed that just flew over your head
- soperj 7y agoIt's almost like I didn't really care so much about your point, and just wanted to point out that your information was flawed so that it doesn't get repeated elsewhere.
- eecc 7y agoAh ok, so if I had used “packaging” instead of “carton” I’d have satisfied your censorious zeal? Someone else already mentioned this study, I’m sure you’ll entertain yourself finding other factual errors within: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronaviru...
- CamperBob2 7y ago'Detectable' isn't the same as 'infectious,' though. There is zero evidence of actual transmission from mail and packaging materials.
- retsibsi 7y agoIf transmission via packaging were happening, what evidence would you expect us to have at this point, and why? (Absence of evidence can be evidence of absence, but only in proportion to how easy the evidence would be to find if it existed, and how hard we've looked.)