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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsa good common sense article on the risks of infection
https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-themCommonality of outbreaks
The reason to highlight these different outbreaks is to show you the commonality of outbreaks of COVID-19. All these infection events were indoors, with people closely-spaced, with lots of talking, singing, or yelling. The main sources for infection are home, workplace, public transport, social gatherings, and restaurants. This accounts for 90% of all transmission events. In contrast, outbreaks spread from shopping appear to be responsible for a small percentage of traced infections. (Ref)
Importantly, of the countries performing contact tracing properly, only a single outbreak has been reported from an outdoor environment (less than 0.3% of traced infections). (ref)
lots more at link
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)I want to repeat what you posted above:
When I point out that there's no evidence that people are getting infected from mail or ATM keyboards, people here often tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. I've even referenced this article before, and again, get told I don't know what I'm talking about.
There really is no need to sanitize every single thing that comes into your house. Really.
Thanks for posting this again.
Kali
(55,008 posts)I suppose if wiping your groceries down makes you feel better that is fine, but it isn't really going to help much.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)... it does NOT address transmission from surfaces. It urges us to keep that in mind. There's nothing in the article that addresses ATM keyboards or mail or any other surface transmission.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)being inside closed spaces. It does not address transmission from surfaces mainly because those are are an extremely tiny percentage of transmissions. Extremely tiny. As in not something that even remotely factors in.
If transmission of the virus from various surfaces really were a factor, I honestly think we'd have figured that out by now. But that simply doesn't show up. So understand that surface transmission is an extremely low factor.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)"While I have focused on respiratory exposure here, please don't forget surfaces. Those infected respiratory droplets land somewhere. Wash your hands often and stop touching your face!"
underlining mine
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)I do it quite regularly and always have.
I have a hypothesis that one reason the 1918 flu epidemic was so bad was that so few people had running water and so regular handwashing just wasn't happening.
But still, there is almost no evidence that anyone has gotten Covid19 from virus on the surface of anything.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... on the subject. Thanks!