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Food or food packaging not a link in COVID-19 transmission
By Bill Marler
After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19.
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CDC: Food, water and packages – low risk for COVID-19
By Bill Marler
Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that handling food or consuming food is associated with COVID-19.
Coronaviruses, like the one that causes COVID-19, are thought to spread mostly person-to-person through respiratory droplets when someone coughs, sneezes, or talks. It is possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object, including food or food packaging, that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their…
The United States is a COVID-19 Embarrassment
By Bill Marler

The Pizza Depot and Hooligans Lakeside received cease-and-desist orders after violating executive order designed to protect Minnesotans from COVID-19
By Bill Marler
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced it has issued cease-and-desist orders to The Pizza Depot, in Becker, and Hooligans Lakeside, in Lake Park, after determining that the facilities had violated executive orders designed to protect its employees, customers and community from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Tim Walz issued Executive Order 20-99 on Nov. 18. The executive order prohibits bars and restaurants from offering on-premises dining. The executive order was issued at a time…
Restaurants and COVID-19 can be a risk – We need to do more to protect customers and support restaurants and restaurant workers
By Bill Marler

Wear a damn mask – it can save lives while we all wait for a COVID-19 vaccine
By Bill Marler
Another record of COVID-19 illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths in the US – Embarrassing
By Bill Marler
COVID-19 Record – Again – 205,557 sickened in one day in US
By Bill Marler
What’s right with Kansas? Masks work to control the spread of COVID-19
By Bill Marler
