Would a wee in the woods spread the virus?

[Pinkginhelps]

I can't hold my bladder for very long but really enjoy my daily walks. I often walk in woods with hardly any other people around. Would it spread the virus (if I had it and didn't know), if I was to do a quick wee whilst out walking in the woods?

I have a Shewee and with practice it is easy to use with or without a bottle. Wouldn't occur to me to use a bottle in the woods though, even in time of plague.

I have been wondering whether wee can spread Covid19 as I've heard of children being told to wee in the garden when visiting a relative instead of using a toilet. It's currently permitted to use a toilet in another household in England as long as all surfaces you touch are wiped down afterwards.

If the person you are visiting has a large garden with plenty if bushes etc it's probably not going to pose much of a risk. But if the garden is small and they wee in an area where the household are likely to be near to, surely there is a risk? I've no idea of the actual science so i'm only guessing.

The question was regarding weeing in a wood which I would imagine would be less of a risk as long as it's done away from the path and away from where people go near.

Seriously? Just wee in the woods. The chance of you having COVID is probably very small (assuming you have kept the lockdown guidance). Therefore the chance of you causing a COVID outbreak by going for a wee behind a tree is really, really small.

It isn’t possible to eliminate all risk from your life. You just have to do the best you can.

Ah bugger. I’ve just spotted that this thread is about six weeks old.

If washing at 60 degrees doesn't kill the virus should we be washing our hands at hotter than that? Don't think I could stand it tbh

It’s the action of the soap on the outer surface of the virus that destroys it so ‘hand hot’ water is fine as long as you soap your hands thoroughly for the recommended time.
Same with washing clothes - the detergent destroys the virus.

@ProfessorHasturLaVista

It’s the action of the soap on the outer surface of the virus that destroys it so ‘hand hot’ water is fine as long as you soap your hands thoroughly for the recommended time. Same with washing clothes - the detergent destroys the virus.

I don't understand where this 'washing at 60 doesn't kill the virus' has come from then, unless most people don't use detergent when they wash their clothes?

There has been talk of it spreading through feces though.

To be fair, there has been talk about it spreading in a lot of ways. Most of these ways have a theoretical risk in a laboratory setting, but not something you need to worry about in everyday life.

It doesn't apply to the OP, but I understand (from an article from the BBC) that the risk is not putting the loo seat down when you flush if you're in a public loo (or someone else's house). The expert (can't remember who, sorry, but BBC so probably quite reliable) said that flushing the loo creates aerosol - so just putting the loo seat down is really important.

Apologies - least scientific description ever - but I do think this needs publicising a bit more.