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In my town all "non-essential businesses" are closed, yet I'm still able to go to 7-11 to buy hotdogs off their roller machine. (And you can bet I do!) I don'

In my town all "non-essential businesses" are closed, yet I'm still able to go to 7-11 to buy hotdogs off their roller machine. (And you can bet I do!) I don't see why hotdogs from a drive-in movie theater concession stand would be any worse.

dpcan 7y ago
They aren't. And your 7-11 should probably stop doing this too. I think we are taking a pretty big risk as it is eating food prepared by potentially sick people even when it's takeout or drive-through. I'll do a take-and-bake pizza only because I'll get the temp up to about 200 before I eat the thing - hopefully deactivating the virus in the process.
- catalogia 7y ago
  Fortune favors the bold.
  - HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
    As do highly transmissable respiratory diseases.
  - Animats 7y ago
    "Life favors the prepared" - Edna Mode
    - catalogia 7y ago
      A life spent cowering is hardly a life worth living, do you want to live forever?
- dehrmann 7y ago
  > I think we are taking a pretty big risk While it doesn't call out recently prepared food, the CDC disagrees: > Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food. Before preparing or eating food, it is important to always wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds for general food safety. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/newsletter/food-safety-and-Coronavirus.html https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/newsletter/food-safety-and-Co...
  - droithomme 7y ago
    The CDC, FDA and WHO have been pursuing a non-science based approach from the beginning apparently designed to spread the virus. I just made you a nice green salad. Before I hand it to you I sneezed. Do you eat it? If you say no, then like me, you realize the CDC are massive disreputable liars. If you say yes you eat it, you are foolish.
    - dehrmann 7y ago
      > ...designed to spread the virus That's a strong claim that's going to need a strong source. > Do you eat it... Just because something's gross doesn't mean it will make you sick. According to a virologist Forbes found, > ...risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 through eating any food is extremely low. Food is not inhaled into the respiratory tract and any virus present will likely be inactivated in the stomach https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/03/25/is-eating-takeout-food-safe-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/#49442b642bd1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/03/25/is-e...
      - viklove 7y ago
        > Food is not inhaled Right, but you know you breath and eat through the same hole, right? So if you swallow, then inhale, you could be inhaling whatever you just ate...
  - CydeWeys 7y ago
    There's decent evidence that it can be passed through excretion, too. Active viral loads have been found in restrooms far in excess of what could be explained otherwise. The theory is that there's live viral particles in feces, and they get aersolized with the force of flushing. This is also consistent with the finding that diarrhea is a common symptom of coronavirus (I had it) -- there seems to be some kind of GI tract involvement that you don't see with e.g. the flu.

dpcan 7y ago

They aren't. And your 7-11 should probably stop doing this too. I think we are taking a pretty big risk as it is eating food prepared by potentially sick people even when it's takeout or drive-through. I'll do a take-and-bake pizza only because I'll get the temp up to about 200 before I eat the thing - hopefully deactivating the virus in the process.

catalogia 7y ago
Fortune favors the bold.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
  As do highly transmissable respiratory diseases.
- Animats 7y ago
  "Life favors the prepared" - Edna Mode
  - catalogia 7y ago
    A life spent cowering is hardly a life worth living, do you want to live forever?
dehrmann 7y ago
> I think we are taking a pretty big risk While it doesn't call out recently prepared food, the CDC disagrees: > Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food. Before preparing or eating food, it is important to always wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds for general food safety. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/newsletter/food-safety-and-Coronavirus.html https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/newsletter/food-safety-and-Co...
- droithomme 7y ago
  The CDC, FDA and WHO have been pursuing a non-science based approach from the beginning apparently designed to spread the virus. I just made you a nice green salad. Before I hand it to you I sneezed. Do you eat it? If you say no, then like me, you realize the CDC are massive disreputable liars. If you say yes you eat it, you are foolish.
  - dehrmann 7y ago
    > ...designed to spread the virus That's a strong claim that's going to need a strong source. > Do you eat it... Just because something's gross doesn't mean it will make you sick. According to a virologist Forbes found, > ...risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 through eating any food is extremely low. Food is not inhaled into the respiratory tract and any virus present will likely be inactivated in the stomach https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/03/25/is-eating-takeout-food-safe-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/#49442b642bd1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/03/25/is-e...
    - viklove 7y ago
      > Food is not inhaled Right, but you know you breath and eat through the same hole, right? So if you swallow, then inhale, you could be inhaling whatever you just ate...
- CydeWeys 7y ago
  There's decent evidence that it can be passed through excretion, too. Active viral loads have been found in restrooms far in excess of what could be explained otherwise. The theory is that there's live viral particles in feces, and they get aersolized with the force of flushing. This is also consistent with the finding that diarrhea is a common symptom of coronavirus (I had it) -- there seems to be some kind of GI tract involvement that you don't see with e.g. the flu.