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.
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.
Not contradictory. Depends on the nature of the surface, the ambient temperature, sunlight or dark, all sorts of variables. The conservative approach is - assume 3 days and wash your hands often.
Oh Noes! Maybe our benevolent Governors will have us socially distance ourselves from food!
Is this a segway into closing grocery stores? This bull sh*t needs to end! We are NOT going to live our lives by government dictates on this bull sh*t scam!
Been avoiding most imported food for years.
I had wondered about cardboard, since we picked up pizza the other evening. I guess on cardboard it’s one day. So we didn’t eat until the next day. [I’m lying.] We opened the box, sprayed our hands with Clorox sanitizer, and were good to go.
I wonder about the mail but, again, hand soap and water or sanitizer.
Depends on the material. Fellow shoppers, checkout clerk, your kids, anybody who touches the package can transfer virus to it.
I’ve read a day or so survival on cardboard (pizza box for the take out folks), a few days on plastic, not so long on metal surfaces, a few hours.
Not really - import process usually takes more time than the virus can be detected on packaging...also, being detectable and being viable for infection are two different things...”shelf life” is much shorter than detection life...
“A short period of time...a few hours or a few days. “
Not contradictory. This means how long it lives varies. It might die in a few hours or live for several days.
However I believe we also heard that covid-19 on that cruise ship lived for 17 days.
Does anybody know if there is a website that shows how long the virus “lives” on different surfaces?
Oh, I see, we were all supposed to be deathly afraid of each other, and now we are supposed to become deathly afraid of the food we buy!!!!
If this is a true concern, then the exact same concern would apply to the viruses from which folks obtain the seasonal flu, and if true it has always been true. But now, suddenly, its a concern that everyone should have a new fear about!!!!
Someone needs to yell BASTA!!!! to the insanity.
If it can last 17 days on hard surfaces then it can last days on food packaging. The Mockingbird Media can't make up it's mind.
Disclaimer - neither a FluBro nor Fearper.
What about young relatives picking up bakery and deli products from the grocery and then delivering to Assisted living front desk who gets it to the 90 yr old ....or what about drive thru restaurants and the handling there?
It’s gotten so bad I sneezed on my computer and it automatically ran the antivirus program......
Why aren’t we all dead by now?
Who cares, you pick it up in the store then wash your hands when you get home.........Easy Peezy.......