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A member asked:
I feel stupid disinfecting my phone because the risk of catching coronavirus from inhaling someone's air is so much bigger. can i stop disinfecting it?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
You're not stupid: Continue what you are doing, follow CDC advice, distance yourself socially and physically. The only way to "flatten the curve" is to decrease transmission from one another. Thanks for being proactive. Transmission can also be from hard surfaces.
Answered 3/21/2020
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Keep doing it: Coronavirus lives much longer on hard surfaces like your phone. Keep doing it.
Answered 3/21/2020
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