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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshubby wants to order pizza delivered. He claims the coronavirus doesn't live on food.
I don't trust that and I don't know where he got it. Does anybody know if that's true?
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)The packaging is a different story.
still_one
(92,394 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)Not only does it kill any residual viruses, it also reheats the food in case it gets cold when it arrives.
Calculating
(2,957 posts)However, you SHOULD still be relatively safe ordering pizza. As long as nobody coughs/sneezes on the pizza after it leaves the oven it should be safe. We need to continue trying to live our lives, because this virus is gonna be with us for quite a while.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)irisblue
(33,023 posts)That will not impact the placing the pizza inside the box, closing the box, placing it in the to go bag and the delivery person.
A suggestion, if you have a long term place you use, give them a call, ask about mask& glove usage during packing up the food. That might put your mind at ease some.
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)Vegan pizza would be a different matter.
I'm a musician, but I read up on scientific stuff.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)do you have a podcast and/or newsletter?
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)Always weary of bringing in the mail
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)I always come in the house and wash my hands.
The skin on my hands is so dry and itchy now...
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)I would open the box and then wash my hands really well before I took the pizza out. I would then throw away the box and wash my hands again before I ate. I might think about putting it in the microwave for a minute or so.
MerryBlooms
(11,771 posts)I figured take wrapping off, wash hands well, then the 425 or 450 degree oven would kill anything that could possible be on the pizza? Not sure, but that's our crazy solution.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)A take and bake pizza cooked at 425 should be perfectly safe, and if one is concerned about delivery, you should just be able to pop it in a warm oven for a bit and give it an extra blast of heat if you want to be extra safe.
MerryBlooms
(11,771 posts)Polybius
(15,476 posts)But we still have to eat. I ordered Chinese last night. I picked it up then used hand sanitizer before I ate.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Of course, everybody is worried about the unthinkable: having the chef or the person putting it in the box sneeze or cough directly on the food.
Last night they said the packaging is more of an issue. Sanjay Gupta said he removes everything from any package on his doorstep and doesn't bring the packaging inside, and wipes down the contents if it can be wiped down.
EllieBC
(3,041 posts)Can I come stand on the lawn and you just throw me a slice?
Amishman
(5,559 posts)Boxes are assembled hours or days in advance
Entire food is cooked at high temps and goes straight in the box.
minimal handling post cooking, just a quick cut. Would be even safer if you ask them not to cut it.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)Nothing will. Which is what your pizza will be as it is taken from the oven and boxed up. Your concern should be the outside of the box it comes in. If you remove the pizza, immediately dispose of the box, and wash your hands, the odds of you catching anything are pretty much nil. The same goes for any other carry-outs. Pour it into one of your own containers, get rid of the container in which it came, wash your hands.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I like clam but am outvoted (I don't know how that works since there are just the two of us).
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Is seafood on pizza a regional thing? I've never, ever heard of it before your post.
But still... I would have voted against it too. I'm a patriot.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I never had it until I came to New Haven and I had lived in and near NYC for a number of years. It is really good and I love it.
wiggs
(7,817 posts)someone else holds. throw away box, wash hand well. person holding pizza should nuke in microwave for a bit.
nothing comes in our house that hasn't been disinfected and/or quarantined. I've brought in some foods I can't wash but I'm not eating them right away, giving time for any contamination to go away as much as possible.
Having prepared food like pizza delivered fine but if you want to increase chances of decontamination from 95% probably OK to 99% probably OK then nuke it before eating (totally made up numbers).
If you shoot for over-doing it there will still be chances for infection but that's better than shooting for 'probably OK' and missing the mark.
Jirel
(2,025 posts)It can live on anything. However, unless you're living in a hotspot, the likelihood that you have someone with COVID-19 making your pizza is low. I would have no qualms ordering pizza where I live. But if you're in NYC or San Fran, or such, that might be a different story.
OhZone
(3,212 posts)end it for you?
Better reheat that real good!
Squinch
(51,004 posts)and nuke till temperature is 175 ish.
Turns out pickles are nice hot.
Freddie
(9,273 posts)And tip the driver well!
Getting pizza delivered tonite as well. Will wash hands well after handling the box.
KayF
(1,345 posts)very sorry
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)I worked pizza parlors during my college days, and I know what can go on in the kitchen when someone comes to work sick or in a bad mood. I make my pizza at home ever since.