fountainpenkid
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 31, 2011
- Messages
- 45
- Reaction score
- 3
Considering sanitization is completely unnecessary from a COVID-19 standpoint, this is just a facepalm....
Considering sanitization is completely unnecessary from a COVID-19 standpoint, this is just a facepalm....
Interesting. Where did you train?
Thanks for saying that: I almost commented myself. The faceplant comment was rude, and frankly, uninformed (has that poster actually read any actual research, or just the news??). The science is incomplete, and while it does currently suggests that transmission from surface to human is not probable, we just don't know the full picture of transmission. The science is constantly evolving--that is the nature of science (I am PhD trained researcher, for what it is worth I do get the scientific process)--and there is some peer-reviewed evidence that does suggest the possibility of surface transmission. For high risk groups, being careful is not a bad idea.
Cheers.
There is absolutely the possibility of surface transmission, and like you say, the transmission mechanisms are still being understood. I apologize for sounding flippant--while I am a researcher, infectious diseases are not my area. All I meant was that reading what I have about surface decay, it seems that customers handling the same instruments within a few hours of each other would not have a measurable risk, assuming they follow good hygiene practices. Now that I write this, it does seem possible that some instruments may be handled more frequently than that, in which case, some sort of disinfection might be worth considering.