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No COVID was the last push. Germs and all that.
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
No COVID was the last push. Germs and all that.
- robincpt 5y agoThat's the point of making coins out of pure silver
- moralestapia 5y agoI would be greatly surprised if cash were a vector for COVID.
- nathanaldensr 5y ago> The CDC said people generally don’t get COVID-19 from touching surfaces. People generally get COVID-19 from direct contact with someone who is infected or through airborne transmission. 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...
- selfhoster11 5y agoIt doesn't matter. It still feels weird to pay in cash even if some countries are starting to relax COVID measures.
- xanaxagoras 5y agoI've been paying in cash all throughout COVID, doesn't feel weird to me.
- Findecanor 5y agoThe danger from being infected from germs or viruses through cash is highly overrated. Studies have shown that among bank notes, microorganisms can survive for a significant time only on bank notes made of polymer. Most bank notes in the world, including US dollar bills, are made of cotton, linen or a blend of the two whereon microorganisms tend to dry out more quickly. Copper is antimicrobial, and that includes "gold" coins, of copper alloy. Most "silver" coins, including those in circulation in the US and most of the EU are of copper alloys too. Steel coins are not so good though. Bank of England has summarised several studies (starts 1/3 down the page) :<https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2020/2020-q4/cash-in-the-time-of-covid https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2020/2020...>
- raxxorrax 5y agoThe antimicrobial effect doesn't work if the coin isn't freshly polished. Be that as it may, money is just as much a disease vector as anything multiple people touch. Risk of life and all that...