Letter to the editor: Coronavirus cleaning methods suspect

I want to applaud the news media, including the Trib, for the extensive coverage during this coronavirus crisis. All the tips for keeping ourselves safe is certainly prudent at this time.

However, watching the television as workers clean school buses, subways, vending machines, etc., I noticed something discouraging, even alarming — everyone uses the same cleaning cloth as they clean.

Now, if as reported, this virus can live for a few days on surfaces, why use the same item to go from one thing to the next to clean? Won’t such a practice contribute to spreading this virus? Has anyone done any research on this? If so, I haven’t read or seen it reported and would like to know if this kind of practice is transferable.

I don’t use the same wipes from one surface to the next in my own home, let alone trust someone else to do it for me elsewhere. This doesn’t appear to be the time to take a cavalier approach, and we have to do all we can to protect ourselves.

Sonia Porco

New Kensington