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Importance of hygiene re; Covid-19

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alex12965
alex12965

I was astonished to see my local pharmacy handing the same ballpoint pen to patient after patient the other day. Coronavirus can survive for about three days on plastic surfaces, so all the steps the pharmacy had taken eg; distancing, staff wearing masks and gloves were negated by crass stupidity.

Another ridiculous idea by Boris Johnson is he's writing to every household, not only a complete waste of money but coronavirus can survive for about 24 hours on cardboard ergo paper must be a similar amount of time. Of course the infected Boris won't be handling the letters personally, but who else has, and have they been infected? The postman may be a carrier in every sense of the word.

Please think carefully about touching surfaces and objects especially in public areas and perhaps think about quarantining or sterilising groceries or letters as I have since this pandemic began.

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  • Albertina_G
    Albertina_G alex12965

    Posted

    The virus can come to us in many ways. Social distancing, wearing a mask is required to stop its spreading but the most important thing is to sanitize your hands after touch any surface, person or things. As you said it can survive for 24 hours on cardboard, I have read it can survive for 72 hours on plastic & stainless steel. So everyone should always wash their hands or sanitize them.

  • mollymac
    mollymac alex12965

    Posted

    yes absolutely agree about the stupidity in chemists etc - also Boris Johnson sending out letters at such a cost is a disgrace - if people havent got the message by now they never will - the money wasted could have helped a lot of our heroic NHS frontline workers.

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