Quote from: pooya87 on April 10, 2020, 05:40:26 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on March 30, 2020, 12:15:41 PM

Since I had a dozen packages of miners arrive in my home during Nov,Dec,Jan all shipped in under 3 days from China we may have been early victims of the disease.

you can not catch coronavirus (or any other virus) for that matter from a package. viruses don't last that long on surfaces, specially surface of a package.
of course it is possible that the person who handed you the package had the virus and had deposited some of their virus on the package exactly right before they handed you the packages.

this is mis-information

20 to 24 hours on cardboard

2 to 3 days on hard surfaces such as steel or plastic.

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https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-safe-receiving-delivery-packages-141513234.html

...A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine tested how long the coronavirus can last on different types of surfaces within a laboratory.

The study concluded that the virus “can remain viable” on copper for up to four hours, on cardboard for up to 24 hours and on plastic and steel for up to three days....