[brianpgordon]

No. From the CDC:

> It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

> In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks at ambient, refrigerated, or frozen temperatures.

[noodle_face_]

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2020/...

The CDC themselves were involved in the study that says you're wrong.

If someone is able to find the source for this info I'd really appreciate it. Just spent like 10 minutes trying to find the paper they're citing but I can't find it and I don't have time to keep looking now. Maybe it isn't published?

It might be this one, actually. This one suggests it can live up to 72 hours on certain surfaces. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v...

I'd love to have some more data on this if anyone can provide.

[dboreham]

>but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

How does it spread then? Seems hard to believe all these people are being infected through hand shakes or being coughed on.

[brianpgordon]

I'm just going to quote the CDC again, because public health authorities are really the best sources of information we have and I don't want to participate in the "telephone" effect that paraphrasing begets:

> The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.

> * Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).

> * Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

> These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission...

[Scoundreller]

Droplets from a sneeze can take hours to drop down.

And it’s the small droplets that float around the longest. These penetrate deep into your lungs and get stuck there.

[mcv]

Today I read that it can survive for up to 3 days on some surfaces.

[rubicon33]

Yes.

very low risk != no risk.

[suchire]

Not sure the CDC is the most credible source at this point

[willj]

Not sure why I can’t reply to the commenter below. Anyway, here’s a link backing up the parent’s claim, contrary to whatever CDC is saying: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v...

[daenz]

>most credible source

Which would you say is the most credible source then?