# Does anyone else know of anyone personally who has taken virus precautions too far? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 7, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-know-of-anyone-personally-who-has-taken-virus-precautions-too-far/937372 "2021-03-07T03:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-know-of-anyone-personally-who-has-taken-virus-precautions-too-far/937372/29 "2021-03-08T03:52:41Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Have there even been any documented cases of people getting covid from touching things, or is this just an over abundance of caution? There have been a few cases of people getting covid from touching things. It’s rare, but it seems to have happened. Here’s some info. > [@Despite hearing this on NPR, I can't stop disinfecting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-hearing-this-on-npr-i-cant-stop-disinfecting/929210/30): > > Post 17 says: As I noted in a previous post: Because it doesn’t account for all the cases and because it’s possible, so my question would be why rule out possible infection from contact with an object. I went searching for more information on the elevator button incident. I found that there are actually 2 elevator button incidents, the one in New Zealand and [one in China](https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200903/coronavirus-on-surfaces-whats-the-real-risk). WebMD lists two possible cases of contact transmisson while the Salon article lists two possible cases of contact tr… This thread is very much like this thread. > [@Despite hearing this on NPR, I can't stop disinfecting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-hearing-this-on-npr-i-cant-stop-disinfecting/929210): > > It’s a habit now…muscle memory. People have different comfort levels for different reasons. As long as it’s not hurting that person or anyone else, I’m good with it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-know-of-anyone-personally-who-has-taken-virus-precautions-too-far/937372)._