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Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen MD
Video about COVID-19 Food Safety Tips with Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen MD
Dr. Jeffrey J. VanWingen MD is a family medicine doctor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1997.
A helpful video entitled "COVID-19 Food Safety Tips with Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen MD" was released on March 24, 2020. In the video, Dr. VanWingen demonstrates how you and your food can remain safe from Coronavirus while shopping for food and bringing it home.
Click HERE to view the "Safe Grocery Shopping" video with Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen MD.
In order to be safe while grocery shopping, it's important to know the following:
The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institute of Health (NIH), CDC, UCLA, and Princeton University scientists, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The scientists found that Coronavirus can live outside a body in aerosols for up to 3 hours, on copper for up to 4 hours, on cardboard for for up to 24 hours, and on plastic and stainless steel surfaces for up to 3 days.
Click HERE to read the NIH article entitled; "New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces". The article explains the above referenced study.
**Please note that in the video Dr. VanWingen states that the virus lasts "on cardboard for one hour" but he was mistaken on this one point.
Stay Safe!