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Dr. Barry C Fox

Clinical Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Wisconsin School o at The Great Courses Daily
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  • When the particles hit the ground, or hit the table, they’re kind of relabeled, so instead of aerosols, they’re called fomites, which are basically the same kind of material. So the next question is, ‘If I touch a fomite, am I going to get infected?’ And the answer is no, unless you also take what you touch and you touch your face—more specifically, if you touch the mucous membranes of the eyes, the nose, or inside the mouth.

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