So Sad about the Nixing of Re-usable Bags

How sad for the environment!  Just when I thought one good thing about the pandemic was that Earth was getting a break, I found out that it wasn't just Safeway where the science was week.  There's now a six-county ordinance saying that we can't bring re-usable bags unless we pack them up ourselves outside the store!

I just sent the reporter an e-mail messages.

Dear Shawanika Narayan,

Thank you for your report on the 6-county ban of reusable bags, especially for pointing out that this is an unfortunate blow for the environment.  I'm glad you pointed out that the coronavirus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic but that its thoght to be passed mainly by respiratory droplets between people in close proximity.

Do you know how long it can live on canvas bags like the reusable kind?  

I'm worried that this ban is going to send a message that will last after the pandemic is over, and people will think that there's something dangerous about reusable bags.

Thank you!

Tina Martin

https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Six-Bay-Area-counties-ban-use-of-reusable-bags-at-15182959.php#