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Can covid-19 be transferred onto food and contracted by consumption? if an infected person coughs or sneezes their germs onto food, can someone contract the virus by eating that contaminated food? must the food be porous or solids??
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Normally covid is not transmitted by ingestion of food.
Answered 11/3/2021
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Covid not usually transmitted through food. If you are not vaccinated for Covid, get vaccinated.
Answered 11/6/2021
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