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Originally Posted by capecoralbill
Thank you for the links,
Here is an outstanding question posed on the Washington Post site:
"""We have been told not to be concerned by potential food contamination--what we eat goes into the stomach acid and is killed. But food passes through the mouth.
What is the difference between contaminated fingers in the mouth (might catch the virus) and contaminated food in the mouth (won't catch the virus)?"""
""" if the face, mouth, nose or eyes are touched by contaminated hands, how is the virus able to get into the lungs? """
I wonder if anyone has an answer for this ?
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Suspose the difference is the virus needs to enter the respiratory system. So as long as you don't enhale your food, the risk is low.
There is an exposure time element also, you need to enhale enough virus to initiate an infection.
I'm wondering is this variability could be why some people don't get very sick vs very sick..
e.g. short exposure time results in more or less a self vaccination...