10 Things You’ll Never Bring Inside Your Home Again After the Pandemic Is Over

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Cardboard boxes

Metal is not the only surface the coronavirus can live on for several days. This dangerous virus can survive on cardboard for up to 24 hours, so, you might want to rethink your strategy next time you order something online and have cardboard boxes get dropped off on your porch.

“Realizing that even cardboard boxes can help bring viruses and germs into the home will make people much more likely to toss the boxes before they reach the front door,” says Morgan. And if you really want to stay on the safe side, You’ll NEVER Want to Touch These 7 Things Again After COVID-19.

Currency

“[One] very important item to avoid is currency notes and coins,” warns Urvish Patel, MBBS, MPH, a medical advisor for eMediHealth, who recommends using contactless forms of payment, such as online or Apple Pay transactions, whenever possible.

That’s because the virus can survive on copper coins for up to four hours and it can live on bills for up to four days, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine. As if it’s not enough, the coronavirus is not the only virus you should watch out for when it comes to currency. There’s also MRSA bacteria and E.coli, which were discovered on a sample of international currencies among which the American dollar, according to a study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control in 2013.

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28 thoughts on “10 Things You’ll Never Bring Inside Your Home Again After the Pandemic Is Over”

  1. i get it….used clothes. However, some of this is overkill. Gift baskets and greeting cards? Please. this is why folks are paranoid and walking in fear. Wash your hands regularly and sanitize/disinfect your belongings. That will take care of things.

  2. Does all this make no difference if we are vaccinated for the virus? Can we then do everything we used to do without fear of getting sick?

  3. This is a hoot…I haven’t changed my life at all since the “pandemic”…I don’t avoid these now and don’t plan to do so either.

  4. Not like the virus can live so long on something that you can’t just set it aside somewhere and then tend to it in a few hours or days. There is still so much in terms of supplies that we will need take in our homes for our mere survival. Just deal with it all appropriately and wash your hands!

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