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It really is mind blowing to me. Especially in a pandemic, why why why require a signature for anything? This is one of the few things that would reduce exposur

It really is mind blowing to me. Especially in a pandemic, why why why require a signature for anything? This is one of the few things that would reduce exposure that we already have a technical solution for. I just don’t understand.

cinntaile 5y ago
Surfaces don't matter much for covid, it's very unlikely you'll catch it that way.
barbazoo 5y ago
As others have said, it doesn't have to be. Much of the world has long moved on from mag stripes and signatures.
gruez 5y ago
>Especially in a pandemic, why why why require a signature for anything? This is one of the few things that would reduce exposure that we already have a technical solution for. Turns out infection from surfaces is basically a non-issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-hygiene-cleaning-surfaces.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-hygien...
- dom96 5y ago
  Got any non-paywalled sources handy?
  - gruez 5y ago
    Normally I'd link to archive.is, but they put everything behind a captcha wall, which I'm not keen to solve. You can bypass the paywall with scripts disabled, but the key excerpts are: >But the era of “hygiene theater” may have come to an unofficial end this week, when the C.D.C. updated its surface cleaning guidelines (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html#anchor_1617548426741 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfec...) and noted that the risk of contracting the virus from touching a contaminated surface was less than 1 in 10,000 (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/surface-transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...). >“People can be affected with the virus that causes Covid-19 through contact with contaminated surfaces and objects,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the C.D.C., said at a White House briefing on Monday. “However, evidence has demonstrated that the risk by this route of infection of transmission is actually low.”
- Johnny555 5y ago
  Coronavirus isn't the only virus to be concerned with, Norovirus is a well known one that can spread through surfaces, which is why it can be so rampant on cruise ships -- and it can live for weeks on surfaces. https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html
  - coldtea 5y ago
    Yes, but microphobia is more annoying than most viruses, and keeping the immune system unprepared due to lack of exposure is potentially fatal, so perhaps they don't want to encourage those...

cinntaile 5y ago

Surfaces don't matter much for covid, it's very unlikely you'll catch it that way.

barbazoo 5y ago

As others have said, it doesn't have to be. Much of the world has long moved on from mag stripes and signatures.

gruez 5y ago

>Especially in a pandemic, why why why require a signature for anything? This is one of the few things that would reduce exposure that we already have a technical solution for. Turns out infection from surfaces is basically a non-issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-hygiene-cleaning-surfaces.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-hygien...

dom96 5y ago
Got any non-paywalled sources handy?
- gruez 5y ago
  Normally I'd link to archive.is, but they put everything behind a captcha wall, which I'm not keen to solve. You can bypass the paywall with scripts disabled, but the key excerpts are: >But the era of “hygiene theater” may have come to an unofficial end this week, when the C.D.C. updated its surface cleaning guidelines (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html#anchor_1617548426741 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfec...) and noted that the risk of contracting the virus from touching a contaminated surface was less than 1 in 10,000 (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/surface-transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...). >“People can be affected with the virus that causes Covid-19 through contact with contaminated surfaces and objects,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the C.D.C., said at a White House briefing on Monday. “However, evidence has demonstrated that the risk by this route of infection of transmission is actually low.”
Johnny555 5y ago
Coronavirus isn't the only virus to be concerned with, Norovirus is a well known one that can spread through surfaces, which is why it can be so rampant on cruise ships -- and it can live for weeks on surfaces. https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html
- coldtea 5y ago
  Yes, but microphobia is more annoying than most viruses, and keeping the immune system unprepared due to lack of exposure is potentially fatal, so perhaps they don't want to encourage those...