Are you still obsessed with trying to ward off the coronavirus? A scientist in the DC area says it’s time to stop.
Are you still obsessed with trying to ward off the coronavirus? A local scientist says it’s time to stop.
“We can stop spraying groceries and wiping the email,” said Donald Milton, a professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
He said scientists have learned a lot about the coronavirus over the past year, and the fear of contracting the virus through something that touches someone else is not something we should necessarily worry about.
‘Let’s not put bad chemicals on everything. “Let’s just keep our hands clean,” Milton said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated their coronavirus clearing guidelines due to recent studies.
The CDC said that although the virus that causes COVID-19 can end up on surfaces, and it is possible that people become infected if they touch the surfaces and then touch their nose, mouth or eyes, the risk of infection is as they touch a surface, low in most situations.
The most reliable way to prevent surface contamination, the CDC said, is to wash your hands regularly or use a hand sanitizer.
According to the CDC, the chance of contracting the coronavirus from an infected surface is 1 in 10,000.
‘It does not happen primarily by touching contaminated surfaces. We can stop doing all the hygiene theater, ”Milton said.
Instead, he said, the best ways to prevent the virus are to wear a mask and do away with social distractions.
“It seems like the most important way people get infected is by inhaling and inhaling air that contains respiratory particles from people in the area,” Milton said.
The CDC said that when it is not known that people with a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in a room, it is usually enough to clean once a day with a disinfectant from the list of the Agency for the Protection of the Environment.
If there is a high transmission of the coronavirus among people you are close to, or if they are at high risk for the coronavirus, and most of them do not wear masks or wash their hands regularly, the CDC said, you may want to increase the frequency of cleaning frequently affected surfaces.
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