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Cardboard sleeves - Can they hold onto the coronavirus? A question, not an answer

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Should cardboard sleeves be withdrawn, till after this crisis has abated? Can they hold onto the virus from others?
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stephen500 wrote:Should cardboard sleeves be withdrawn, till after this crisis has abated? Can they hold onto the virus from others?
Anything can hold on to the virus it is just a matter of how long but given that you're surrounded by surfaces capable of being contaminated by the people around you they don't pose any more threat than others and given that they are porous probably less.

Wash your hands and don't touch your face.
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Cardboard sleeves, hold on is it xmas :crazy:
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POSTMAN wrote:Cardboard sleeves, hold on is it xmas :crazy:
A cardboard sleeve isn't just for xmas. :chuckle
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24 hours on cardboard .

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stephen500 wrote:Should cardboard sleeves be withdrawn, till after this crisis has abated? Can they hold onto the virus from others?

Covid 19 is stable on cardboard for only 24hrs. up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 192755.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Wash your hands often!
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the.postman wrote:
stephen500 wrote:Should cardboard sleeves be withdrawn, till after this crisis has abated? Can they hold onto the virus from others?

Covid 19 is stable on cardboard for only 24hrs. up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 192755.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Wash your hands often!
Only 24 hrs?
Well that's OK then.
How many hands touch a cardboard sleeve in 24 hrs and how many of those hands could be contaminating that sleeve during those 24 hours?

Every surface is potentially continuously contaminated. That's all you need to know. Work on that basis.
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