Your Editor would like to know more about the scientific basis for this decision and will try to find out. Until she does, and given the tendency of the current administration to place political expediency above public health, she will keep her Clorox-based spray handy!
Here are two articles on this revision:
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/499142-cdc-updated-guidelines-state-coronavirus-does
https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-now-says-coronavirus-does-not-spread-easily-via-contaminated-surfaces
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A few more references: CDC's advisory How COVID-19 Spreads,
updated April 13, 2020:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html
And related, from the Food & Drug Administration dated May 21 2020:
https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-frequently-asked-questions
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