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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I definitely did no such thing and still have never caught covid.

I feel like I was dumb not to at the time, and got lucky that it wasn't a transmission vector

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It was dumb to. Covid doesnt survive that long on surfaces

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nobody knew that at the time, don't pretend you're smarter than the WHO.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

pretty sure i am smarter than a couple of musicians

[–] Liz@midwest.social 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Had that been demonstrated in the very beginning?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Nope. Quite the opposite actually. I read at the beginning of the pandemic that they found covid on a book 9 days after exposure, and that was it for me. Since the eye was also a transmission vector I figured it would be best to be safe and sanitize everything. I was worried about getting it on my hands, rubbing my eyes, and getting infected. That turned out to be really low risk, but I like no risk a lot more than low risk.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

At the time though it was believed it could stay on surfaces for something crazy like 48 hours.