There have been a few good replies to you already, but another scientific explanation is that compared to a norovirus (think chipotle), cornaviruses have often been less effective at infecting through the stomach and intestinal tract. It's possible that they are more affected by the low pH in the stomach than a norovirus is.
And the aparment dropped like a curtain revealing Rod Stewart, the shining sun and Dr Phil playing on a beach. All of them hungry for that pizza.
www.livescience.com
You could literally eat coronavirus and you wouldn't be infected. The virus had to get into your lungs to infect you.
so much this!
it was a fiasco. the restaurant is like 5 mins away from my apt too. i was tracking them. they picked it up, and then drove across all creation before circling back around to my place. they can't get into my apt parking lot, so i was waiting on the street for them. instead of turning into my building's driveway, they stop in the street, some dude without a shirt jumps out of the passenger side, runs across the street completely oblivious to ongoing traffic, and hands me my bag. so of course everyone on the street is now staring at me like i orchestrated this whole affair and was involved in the decision making process that led to this point. i trudged back to my building with my cold greasy bag, mortified and self-castigating.
I heard that transmission via takeout was very very low, but personally I will avoid people at all costs so 1) I would not go to an actual restaurant and sit down 2) fast food only if it was an emergency which has happened once so far.
