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Is there any risk to get coronavirus because of eating fast food if i takeout a meal to my house. ?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Almost no chance: People catch coronaviruses from one another the same way they catch a cold or the flu. It's very unlikely to catch it from the clerk on the other side of a drive-thru window. Washing hands prior to eating, is a good habit. Note that anyone with eye, ear, nose, throat, or cough symptoms can have one or more of: influenza, common cold, strep throat, pollen allergies, COVID-19 coronavirus.

Answered 5/31/2020

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Very low risk: COVID 19 is not a foodborne illness. The virus can be killed with cooking. Even though there could be contamination on a bag or container that food comes in, surface contact transission is only a minor mode of transmission,

Answered 5/31/2020

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