According to the Mayo Clinic, Covid-19 lives on cardboard surfaces for 24 hours. That is comparable to paper surfaces of lick-able envelopes. Also, 24 hours is ample time for the virus to pass from a mailer, to mail-carrier and out into the community. Congress and President Biden should not only consider and support Honorable Oregon U.S. Senator Wyden’s national vote by mail legislation, with the above mentioned provisions, but also require by law that no envelopes that need saliva or clumsy sponges to seal be sold and used in the U.S.A., as prudent and responsible public health policy as soon as possible.
The U.S. even should encourage other countries to do the same; now more than ever these lick envelopes are a dangerous public health hazard. We no longer need to lick our stamps, it’s time to force innovation in the private sector for self-sealing, pull-tab envelopes that many of us citizens have already used anyway, and currently enjoy.
Sincerely,
Timothy Darrell Young B.S. Political Science ‘03, M.P.A. Master of Public Administration ’05 (University of Oregon “Double Duck”)
Former Member, Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Former, Write-In Portland State University Student Body President
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