sam_gordon
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- Jun 26, 2010
We've done delivery, curb side pickup, and drive through multiple times a week since this started. We haven't worried about reheating food and haven't worried about contamination on outside surfaces.
We've done takeout 3 times now, but only hot stuff that could be dumped out of the original containers and microwaved to kill any virus contamination. But just a couple days ago both my kids had a rough time with school so I took them to Dairy Queen because they've been begging for it and I knew it would lift their spirits. I'm so nervous about it that up until that day I had refused to allow them to get anything takeout that could not be heated--no icees, no frosties, no ice cream cones. I'm still feeling icky about it but it did help my kids feel better and gave them a sense of normalcy.
Since a previous poster has said this is needed (reheat food), but hasn’t been able to share the proof she says is out there, will one of you please share? Again, not being argumentative, but I have yet to see this advice and if it is out there and I’ve missed it, I need to rethink ordering the salad.We've been ordering from a couple of small local places. We just transfer the food from the containers, throw the containers away, wash our hands really well and reheat the food.
Since a previous poster has said this is needed (reheat food), but hasn’t been able to share the proof she says is out there, will one of you please share? Again, not being argumentative, but I have yet to see this advice and if it is out there and I’ve missed it, I need to rethink ordering the salad.
Thank you! An earlier poster said it could be found on the CDC website and I haven’t been able to find it. I’ve been finding what you did. So I’ll happily continue to order take out the way we have.There really isn't any proof. We get takeout 1-2 times a week, sometimes cold. It has never crossed my mind to worry about reheating anything.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/08/822903487/how-safe-is-it-to-eat-take-out
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is primarily spread via droplets expelled through coughing or sneezing, says William Schaffner. If you're standing too close (within about 6 feet) to an infected person when the person coughs or sneezes, or even possibly when the person speaks or exhales, viral droplets could make their way to your nasal passages and mucous membranes. Or if you touch a surface with droplets on it and then touch your eyes, nose or mouth, that could also lead to infection.
All this means that transmission via food is incredibly unlikely, say both professors Schaffner — unless you actually inhaled your food. "Even in the so unlikely scenario of virus through a sneeze or cough coming into contact with, say, a salad, that would enter the body through the throat," William Schaffner says.
Well, 138° or whatever is the temperature that kills The Virus. But there is zero evidence according to the CDC that the virus is transmitted by food.I actually don't think you can. I've tried looking it up and can't find anything. If it exists, will you please share? I'm not being argumentative - if it's really recommended, I want to change the way we're doing things; especially what we order.
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/newsletter/food-safety-and-Coronavirus.html