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CDC: Time To End The "Hygiene Theater"

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It might be time to put the sanitizer dispenser away, according to a new report issued by the CDC.

"It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects (fomites), but the risk is generally considered to be low," the new CDC guidance says, estimating that the chance of contracting the coronavirus through surface transmission is lower than 1 in 10,000.


The persistence of such practices has led to the advent of a derisive term — "hygiene theater" — to describe rituals that appear to do little to stop the virus from spreading. It is not clear if the CDC's new guidance will lower the curtain on those theatrics, given how entrenched some of those practices have become.

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