Grocery union president concerned Manitoba shoppers will ignore new COVID-19 restrictions Dr. Evans says inanimate objects aren’t efficient carriers of the disease, and the virus becomes weakened when left on surfaces for a period of time.He says transmission is much more likely through direct contact.“A virus, once it’s been out in the environment for a while, has undergone enough changes that it’s probably a lot less infectious,” says Dr.
Evans.“Less infectious than if you were standing right next to someone and speaking with them.”It appears that some shoppers took those precautions in the early days of the pandemic, but have eased off a little bit.“In the beginning?