# Grocery handling in the time of COVID

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-handling-in-the-time-of-covid/916397>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-handling-in-the-time-of-covid/916397 "2020-07-26T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-handling-in-the-time-of-covid/916397/42 "2020-07-27T19:22:15Z")

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[From the Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/?fbclid=IwAR3GhbMFIDaS8OtDhB152VerGcDjPznozI4r9iYiuimMWLxlbSHYXu38Vps):

> Surface transmission—from touching doorknobs, mail, food-delivery packages, and subways poles—seems quite rare. ( _Quite rare_ isn’t the same as _impossible_ : The scientists I spoke with constantly repeated the phrase “people should still wash their hands.”)

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