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why would that matter? transmission from surfaces is apparently quite low, and it doesnt last long on surfaces, and its not like im touching / eating off anythi
by dalyons 6y ago
why would that matter? transmission from surfaces is apparently quite low, and it doesnt last long on surfaces, and its not like im touching / eating off anything my shoes come into contact with anyway. This feels like an incredibly low risk vector
- mc32 6y agoLow but greater than the “aerosolized” vector. When people sneeze, it land on surfaces (like floors), when they cough, etc. If surfaces were not a problem, we wouldn’t be using wipes and sanitizers. So why ignore one possibility and stress another? When people take off their shoes they can get contaminated. If they have pets the pets will pick some up and get it on you, etc.
- wk_end 6y agoThe incessant use of wipes and sanitizers is basically "Hygiene Theatre" [1]. > In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines to clarify that while COVID-19 spreads easily among speakers and sneezers in close encounters, touching a surface “isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads.” Other scientists have reached a more forceful conclusion. “Surface transmission of COVID-19 is not justified at all by the science,” Emanuel Goldman, a microbiology professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, told me. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hy...