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Why Disinfecting Surfaces Won't Prevent COVID-19 (and why we did it anyway) - Cheddar Explains

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Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, health officials highlighted the importance of disinfecting surfaces in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, throughout the year, studies emerged suggesting surfaces weren’t a major cause of transmission. But we still did it. And all the deep cleaning might be causing more harm than good. Further reading: The New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM... CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-... Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158... NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...) Subscribe to Cheddar on YouTube: http://chdr.tv/subscribe Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: http://chdr.tv/facebook On Twitter: http://chdr.tv/twitter On Instagram: http://chdr.tv/instagram On Cheddar.com: http://chdr.tv/cheddar ...more
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Why Disinfecting Surfaces Won't Prevent COVID-19 (and why we did it anyway) - Cheddar Explains
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2021May 18
Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, health officials highlighted the importance of disinfecting surfaces in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, throughout the year, studies emerged suggesting surfaces weren’t a major cause of transmission. But we still did it. And all the deep cleaning might be causing more harm than good. Further reading: The New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM... CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-... Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158... NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...) Subscribe to Cheddar on YouTube: http://chdr.tv/subscribe Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: http://chdr.tv/facebook On Twitter: http://chdr.tv/twitter On Instagram: http://chdr.tv/instagram On Cheddar.com: http://chdr.tv/cheddar

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