i am super meticulous with chicken anyway
but if wuhan is all over my meat who is to say I cant inhale it while i am messing around opening the package etc.
i have read where you arent even suppose to wash chicken because of risk of cross contamination..just cook it
but i cant do it that way. I have to wash it off. i soak in in salt water.
I really pity you. How is life for you living it in 24/7 abject fear?
Any plans for your life once we get back to normal?
Well I looked at the nature of the virus itself to answer the question about aerosol transmission. I ain't gonna tell you not to be careful, now... When those infection patterns did not materialize, and when the features of the virus were described and understood, I say understood as if we could ever understand these things, I was able to relax about that danger.
The virology explains the epidemiology.
I again am not telling you what to do, I am telling you what I think about this germ. If you can afford to go all Howard Hughes on this, then OK do it, but I cannot and you really don't need to.
People are getting it from direct contact. So when you are opening these packages, keep washing your hands and surfaces and dont rub your nose or your eyes until you wash your hands again.
You can find this virus on the surface...
...of your HANDS! Handwashing is the way. That is THE way. Hand washing works. If we would only...(sigh)