Posted on 03/25/2020 6:53:32 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
The virus also can’t live on imported food packaging, the FDA says, adding it could only survive on a surface for a short period of time, which, depending on the surface could be from a few hours to a few days.
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No. But it easily spreads ON plastics, ON wraps, and ON food being handled by anybody who has touched anything anybody else has breathed on, coughed, sneezed or handled.
and though television and radio.
We’re doomed.
i was watching how they do the meat behind the counter at a typical store.
they take all these chicken pieces - put them in the packaging and wrap it up. For some reason I thought it came to them already wrapped in plastic.
So there is a vector right there of getting all over your meat package.
How long does it stay on food. Not sure anyone has checked
Think Bush’s beans or for you Bush haters, Luck’s beans. Think Spam.
Think Martha White’s cornbread mix
Viral load.
You gotta get enough of the virus when you get it.
There was a study on various surfaces. It was found to survive on cardboard (which is mostly what’s used in shipments) for 24 hours. IIRC, I believe cooper was 4 hours, plastic and stainless steel 2-3 days. The article’s author was giving a lazy summary of that by stating range.
I wonder why it’s just now something people are asking about. It’s the first thing I questioned.
Also-If we bring home say chicken from the butcher, and put it in the freezer, will that neutralize the koodie?
My wife got a package from China recently. Some Peanuts themed sneakers. We wiped it down with Clorox wipes before we opened it.
We have a package ordered from some company in the US, but found it was coming from China......
....took a long time to get here
It is in self quarantine in our garage!
All those Styrofoam packages of meat are typically put together by some worker in the back of the store they are selling it at. If any of those workers is positive they are coating the meat and both sides of the plastic with virus particles every time they exhale let alone.cough or sneeze. Fortunately most lipid coatings on viruses cannot survive cooking temps so the cooked food is probably fine its the danger of cross contamination just like salmonella or ecoli from the raw food / packaging to the cooked food. The absolutely safest way would be to mix up 1200ppm bleach for the package soak it for ten minutes then rinse before bringing inside the home, then dilute that in twice more and spray the meat with the dilute 300ppm again leave wet for 10 minutes and rinse twice. Bleach is not toxic in dilute amounts its only chlorine and we have 4ppm in our drinking water as it is.
Since I hope most people are washing their hands after handling raw meat (especially chicken due to salmonella) anyway amd you are presumably going to cook the meat (I’m assuming cooking will kill the virus), I don’t see the threat in this example.
Didn’t hate Bush, just thought he was a wimp.
I wish someone would do the check on meat.
I cant quarantine it in my car like the other groceries. I can wipe the package off and put in the fridge
But what happens if i open it in two days. Is the virus there because cold kept it alive or what
I need answers before I buy any more meat...lol
He and his father are guilty by the company the keep namely bill clinton
Quarantine in the garage? Probably should wait at least 20 days before opening it. The experts say CV can live for up to 20 days on surfaces. Oh hell, wait 30 days and you’ll be good.
FReegards Chick!
Are you eating raw food?
Cook your food.
Clean and disinfect all your preparation surfaces.
Wash your hands.
Wash your utensils.
etc.
We all know to do these things because it works.
All the other things that make us sick every year are still out there.
Soap kills the virus.
Soap breaks the lipids that hold it together.
Wifey and I like raw greens and salads. I am beginning to wonder how safe that is these days. I don’t have a lot of confidence in cold water washing for that. We steamed the broccoli last night.
Be safe dear FReeper. Be clean too!
What mix does 1200ppm amount to?
(Especially if I’m using a spoon?)
;)
The is getting po’d when she comes in from a grocery run and I spray her down with disinfectant...
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