Posted on 07/13/2022 3:56:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Had COVID? You might want to clean your freezer out.
A new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days.
The research -- prompted by COVID outbreaks in Asia in which packaged meat was suspected as the virus' source -- was conducted on frozen chicken, beef, pork and salmon. The findings were published recently in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
"Although you might not store meat in the fridge for 30 days, you might store it in the freezer for that long," said first author Emily Bailey, assistant professor of public health at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C.
Her team conducted its research without use of the actual coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Instead, researchers relied on surrogate viruses with similar protein spikes.
These similar viruses were placed on frozen meat and fish, which was then stored in both refrigerator temperatures (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit) and freezer temperatures (-4 F.)
"We even found that the viruses could be cultured after [being frozen for] that length of time," Bailey said in a journal news release.
Researchers said their findings are significant because SARS-CoV-2 can reproduce in the gut, not just in the respiratory tract where most people feel its effects.
Three virus strains were used as surrogates in the study, including two animal coronaviruses. All three have been used as stand-ins in previous studies of SARS-CoV-2.
The researchers found that the viruses didn't fare as well in refrigerated temperatures as in freezer temperatures. The numbers also differed by food item.
They said this study underlines the importance of rigorous sanitation in the harvest, transport, packaging and distribution of food products.
"Continued efforts are needed to prevent contamination of foods and food processing surfaces, worker hands, and food processing utensils such as knives," the authors wrote, adding that the disinfection of foods prior to packaging also needs to be addressed.
Nothing to offer but fear itself.
EAT BUGS INSTEAD
Nice try, dipwads. I’m sticking with the lab leak.
CC
Interesting. Wonder why they didn’t use the actual virus? Maybe because ......
IT DOESN’T EXIST?
“Her team conducted its research without use of the actual coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Instead, researchers relied on surrogate viruses with similar protein spikes.”
I have an idea. How about cooking the meat?
It’s never going away!
Yeah, and back in the ‘80s it was well established the the AIDS virus could survive on surfaces at room temperature for eight days.
Whaddaya wanna bet their meat disinfection processes would do exactly the opposite?
Wow! Ā And right then I decide to never eat a dead Covid-19 cadaver, ever again.
Wow, look what Zog do. Isnāt that a Gary Larson cartoon?
Ramping up the narrative to lock the country down again.
Fear porn at its worst. Not even good fear porn.
Remember when they advised to wipe grocery bags with antiseptic when returning from the supermarket?
Her team conducted its research without use of the actual coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Instead, researchers relied on surrogate viruses with similar protein spikes.
So her study is not valid. Should have been abundantly easy to isolate and capture the infamous Covid virus .... dead bodies and sick people all over the place. Another manipulated study to spread fear porn.
Kind of anti-climatic after we just found out the Chinese CCP has been manufacturing Pfizer vaccines here in the United States about 100 million doses
A new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days.
The research -- prompted by COVID outbreaks in Asia in which packaged meat was suspected as the virus' source -- was conducted on frozen chicken, beef, pork and salmon.
The findings were published recently in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
"Although you might not store meat in the fridge for 30 days, you might store it in the freezer for that long,"
said first author Emily Bailey, assistant professor of public health at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C.
These similar viruses were placed on frozen meat and fish, which was then stored in both refrigerator temperatures (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit) and freezer temperatures (-4 F.)
"We even found that the viruses could be cultured after [being frozen for] that length of time," Bailey said in a journal news release.
Researchers said their findings are significant because SARS-CoV-2 can reproduce in the gut,
not just in the respiratory tract where most people feel its effects."
Kind of anti-climatic after we just found out the Chinese CCP has been manufacturing Pfizer vaccines here in the United States about 100 million doses
For Pfizer
Just cook it before you eat it.š
BC, I think.
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