He completely misrepresented the 17 days figure from CDC. This was based on finding viral RNA, not infectious viral particles. The CDC report also does not give the methods used but cites personal communication... impossible to peer review. (5/33)
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Should I keep my groceries in the garage or on the porch for 3 days? This is patently ridiculous. Are you really going to keep your milk, your ice cream, your deli meats outside for three days? (6/33)
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This also has very important food safety implications. This sounds like a recipe for disaster, or at the very least spoiled food. (7/33)
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There is a tiny nugget of truth in this advice, because we know that the virus is slowly inactivated at room temperature, with a half-life of about eight hours. (8/33)
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But this advice presumes that all groceries are contaminated, and the simply touching the groceries will make you sick, neither of which are true. (9/33)
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Do I really need to disinfect all of the individual boxes & baggies everything came in? I also think that this is also advice that does not make scientific sense. (10/33)
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If you are concerned about the outside of food packages being contaminated, I suggest that you wash your hands and or sanitize your hands before you sit down to eat any food that you might've taken out of those containers. (11/33)
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And guess what, washing your hands before you eat is a best practice even when we're not in a pandemic! (12/33)
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Do I really need to scrub all your fruits and veggies with soap before eating? This is the worst advice being given by this irresponsible MD. Soap should *absolutely* not be used to wash food. See my earlier comments: https://twitter.com/bugcounter/status/1242956925525995521?s=21 … (13/33)
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What about fruits with skins that we don’t eat (melon, mandarins, etc.)? Still worth the rinse on either the outside or inside product?
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If you're peeling it then the inside will be fine. Just wash the outside with cold water. Soap is not necessary.
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