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Techutante t1_irk04ar wrote

I always use my knuckles for everything, always have.

But surface transmission of Corona is pretty low. Unless you get it on your finger and literally jam it up your nose in the 5-15 minutes since you touched it, AND it was of substantive quantity on the thing you touched to get enough on your finger to infect you, then you probably won't get it from touching stuff.

YMMV in a building or house full of kids (or adult sick children) snotting on everything though.

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Morris_Alanisette t1_irkghht wrote

It's still a good idea to try not to touch surfaces and wash your hands regularly. COVID might have very low transmission through touch but other diseases do get transmitted that way much more effectively. May as well try not to catch all diseases.

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requemao t1_irk0nm2 wrote

Exactly. And an important thing about this is that it applies to the influenza and common cold viruses too.

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salteedog007 t1_irka6yq wrote

Yes! And don’t throw the paper hand towel out until you’ve opened the door with it. I feel we need to keep some of the practices we learned… like washing hands religiously.

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BringMeInfo t1_irmhbly wrote

I’m pretty sure my relationship to hand washing has changed forever. At this point, it feels weird to come home and not beeline to wash my hands. On the bright side, I haven’t had Covid or any other transmissible illness in the last 2.5 years.

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Ducky118 t1_irlkhof wrote

Why not just bring a small bottle of hand sanitizer with you and use it after touching surfaces?

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wowguineapigs t1_irmi9gv wrote

If this is true, then how come I got covid when every time I left the house I wore a mask? Am i just unlucky? After going over everything I did beforehand I figured I must have touched something and then rubbed my eye or something.

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MiklHrmlr7 t1_irmva1l wrote

Masks are better at preventing the wearer from spreading things than from catching. Your air droplets are gonna get stuck to your mask, so they're not floating freely to infect someone. But if someone's free floating air droplets get on your mask, there's a chance it can soak through and infect you. Which is why the best bet to prevent spread is for everyone to wear a mask. Though even this isn't 100%. Just heavily reduces the chances of spread.

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PipGirl101 t1_irnonkm wrote

Was it a cloth mask? If so, that could be why. They are essentially (though not completely) worthless. Even with a real mask, it's still possible to get it from someone coughing nearby, just not nearly as likely. You're so much more likely to have gotten it that way than by touching something.

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