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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. The primary hazard is breathing other people's air, not surfaces.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 08:17 PM
Dec 2020
All over the world, workers are soaping, wiping and fumigating surfaces with an urgent sense of purpose: to fight the coronavirus. But scientists increasingly say that there is little to no evidence that contaminated surfaces can spread the virus. In crowded indoor spaces like airports, they say, the virus that is exhaled by infected people and that lingers in the air is a much greater threat.

Hand washing with soap and water for 20 seconds — or sanitizer in the absence of soap — is still encouraged to stop the virus’s spread. But scrubbing surfaces does little to mitigate the virus threat indoors, experts say, and health officials are being urged to focus instead on improving ventilation and filtration of indoor air.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/world/asia/covid-cleaning.html

Wash your hands after handling anything outside your home, and don't touch your face until you've done so. But the main thing we need to do is stay away from other people. Keep that 6' distance, wear a mask, don't spend more than a few minutes indoors among other people, and you should be fine.
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