[2006alum]

I reach into my freezer & take out a box of frozen beans that had been coughed on by someone that was sick 3 months earlier.

Then you're fine, the virus degrades after at most 72 hours.

I don't think this is entirely true. In general, coronaviruses have been shown to survive for up to two years at frozen or sub-frozen temperatures:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TraceeGuibord/status/1243476221561843713?s=20[/tweet]

Here's some more from a more reputable source:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/COVIDResponse/status/1244042995101360133?s=20[/tweet]

This suggests as long as 9 days at room temperature, so I suspect much longer at freezing temperatures.

[2006alum]

I reach into my freezer & take out a box of frozen beans that had been coughed on by someone that was sick 3 months earlier.

Then you're fine, the virus degrades after at most 72 hours.

I don't think this is entirely true. In general, coronaviruses have been shown to survive for up to two years at frozen or sub-frozen temperatures:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TraceeGuibord/status/1243476221561843713?s=20[/tweet]

Here's some more from a more reputable source:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/COVIDResponse/status/1244042995101360133?s=20[/tweet]

This suggests as long as 9 days at room temperature, so I suspect much longer at freezing temperatures.