Cross contamination... Cross contamination everywhere
4 years ago by demboobs · 243 Likes · 8 comments · Trending
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guest_
· 4 years ago
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The barriers are meant more to provide extra protection against droplets such as spittle or other fluid based transmission. Their secondary effect is they do provide a physical barrier which can keep the thoughtless, careless, and clueless away. Corona has been observed to be contagious through surface contact for up to 24 hours if not disinfected. So it is believed able to be contact spread- but the clerk who deals with many people every day is at far higher risk than you- even if the barriers do offer 2 way protection.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
When it comes to surface contact- present science shows that you need to contact the virus and then touch your mouth or eyes (or possibly other mucous membranes) or an area adjacent to contract it. This is, and to mitigate spread from infected persons, are why the advice is to not touch face or eyes and to sanitize hands frequently and especially after touching things in public.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
There are conflicting reports as to wether or not gloves can mitigate the risk to young contact based infection- but due to the fact that surgical gloves are not very durable and in every day conditions and use most people won’t use them properly to get their benefits. They ant hurt you perse- unless certain arm chair experts on this board have a theory on gloves being dangerous- but they create waste and could create shortages for those who need them and would see their full benefits.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Plus the main method of infection from contact based Covid is when you touch your face and eyes- so wether you have gloves on or not, for practical purposes you won’t contract Covid from touch unless you touch your face or eyes- and gloves won’t stop you from doing that, and if you can remember not to do that with gloves- you can remember not to do it with your hands.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
The only remaining factor is the items you touch. You can sterilize items you buy at the store- either on your way home or in a designated “clean area” but this is probably overkill for things other than unpackaged goods you’d normally sanitize before use like clothing items or produce. If you or an associate is at high risk from corona- it may be worth your time to sterilize every day goods that the public has contacted, by all in all the risk there is very low. We just have not as of yet seen high rates of transmission of infection through contact. But it’s your life so do what you feel you need to so long as that is above the minimum level of social responsibility to others.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
All in all- the best method for avoiding Corona is what has been advised all along- wether there is a legal quarantine or not- stay home as much as possible. Shop when necessary and as seldom as possible. Avoid large gatherings and crowded spaces. Limit your in person exposure to people outside your household. Seeing one person one day and another another day and so on for a week is just as bad or worse than seeing 7 people at once.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Not only does it complicate any tracking- but note that if a person is willing to see you in such a way they are likely willing to see others in such a way too. If they saw 7 people last week that is 7 chances for infection. If you get corona and see seven people that is 7 chances for infection. The numbers grow exponentially if each of your 7 and their 7 each only see even 3 people and so forth. Limiting small meetings to close friends who have mutually agreed upon a “social pool” of people you all agree are the only people you will all see can help, and personal gatherings can make observing and enforcing social distancing and mitigating practices easier though- but the caveat is that to be safe you should still minimize the number of these meetings and number of people you meet with.
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roanoke
· 4 years ago
I guess it is hard to believe that maybe, just maybe, the cashier that sees 200 people a day might, and I don’t want to overstep my bounds here, but might, just want to have some sort of barrier between self and the 200 hundred people who may or may not be acting with care to prevent illness.
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