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March 23, 2023 at 10:28 am
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Terri Warren
Keymaster
I understand that you’re concerned about infecting your baby but the situation that you described as a zero risk for transmission. Absolutely no risk of transmission. Handwashing rapidly destroys any virus around. The virus is surrounded by a fat layer or lipid layer. The purpose of soap is to destroy the lipid layer and washing your hands three times would definitely take care of that.
Terri