More bad news for preventing coronavirus infections...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Most people who are infected cannot prove without a doubt how it happened..

so everyone relies on anecdotal evidence and probabilities to "guess" how it happened.

The point is, surface contamination is one of the known means by which humans can carry virus particles into the mouth, nose and eyes so it really does not have to be proven.

For example, if someone infected sneezed and coughed on a grocery cart handle during an extended shopping trip and the cart was not subsequently sanitized, if the next shopper using that cart rubbed their itchy eyes or handled a snack they were eating, that person could become infected. However, the source of infection would be impractical if not impossible to trace and prove.

I think these type situations are part of the reason we hear stories of "I think I followed all the rules but still got infected".

This is a virus that loves our careless little moments of complacency.

It's just as meaningful to instead ask the question: "is there any evidence at all that virus from the surfaces has NOT infected humans?"