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"The church choir (and 100's of incidents since) proved that it spreads by air."

Agreed. It spreads by air through less than surgical masks. I still believe it spreads by people adjusting their masks and than touching objects; it spreads by people touching infected objects and even recently cleaned objects. You can put your sanitized items in your grocery cart and then on the counter for the cashier. Pull out your Purell/alcohol sanitize your hands while you watch the cashier move them along and box boy put them into bags. Both of them wearing gloves and masks, but who knows what those gloves have touched before dealing with your merchandise?

BTW, who packaged your items in the production facility? Who loaded and unloaded the items? Who warehoused such? Who stocked them on the shelves? Does the store clean the exit handles after every person?

Don't mean to be harsh, but you're just not getting how much hand touch is involved with this highly contagious disease. Think it through from the moment you leave your sanitized house to the moment you bring items home, and how many items you've touched. Then think for a moment how many times a day a normal person touches their face.

I stand by my assertion that Corvid is mostly transmitted by human touch. That's why I we have our sanitizing protocol. It's a hassle, but nothing enters our car nor our house without it.

Last thought: Why are the surges happening with so many wearing masks and trying to distance?

I still believe it spreads by people adjusting their masks and than touching objects;

Sure but those documented superspreader events like the church choir practice were pre-mask.

Then think for a moment how many times a day a normal person touches their face.

Zero. It's a myth. But I agree with you about touching masks and the mask touching the face. Did you see Obama tear his off as he lept up on stage in Miami? Not just touching his face but balling the mask up with his hands. Did you see Joe and Jill touching their facemasks to each other's faces after the debate?

Yes hand touch from shopping is still an issue, and in certain cases more effective than spread through the air. In a supermarket there won't be air spread, the interaction time is too short. There won't be much fomite spread either, just sporadic bad luck. Certainly not superspreading. Superspreading is all by air.