Well, let's be clear, I am not suggesting. I am merely saying hypothetically that if you were going to do something an egg shell is the perfect carrier. Shells are porous. Anything sprayed on it, especially something alive, would be able to enter the pores and survive. Shells are mostly calcium carbonate, uronic acid, amino acids and others. For those not paying attention in Chemistry class that is called food. If someone sprayed bacteria on an eggshell it would have food and a relatively safe habitat indefinitely because while eggs are kept cold, they cannot be frozen. Important distinction. Unlike raw meat: pork, chicken, beef, people usually do not wash their hands thoroughly after touching an egg. Whatever is on the shell will be transferred to plates, utensils, etc. There the clock starts ticking. Food and ideal conditions have ceased. But eggs have a particular trait in that they are eaten almost immediately. It is literally the perfect carrier. And depending on how long the eggs were in transit is a benefit because it gives the bacteria time to proliferate. Win/Win. Meat is also cooked to temp but when was the last time you saw someone stick a thermometer in their batch of poached eggs.
So, you would say, why not vegetables. They are food for bacteria and will be kept cool, not frozen. Except people are trained to wash vegetables, sometimes with the vegetable washes for the extreme people out there. Not a guarantee. But eggs? Grab four, put them on a towel, close the refrigerator, grab a handle, grab a spatula, grab the eggs again, crack four, then touch everything you just touched all over again. Then touch your toast, your face, your eyes. It's brilliant and effective.
If my trademark laugh was muhahahahahaha, I'd totally do it.
Not saying this is true. Only saying it occurred to me for the almost half a year that we didn't have eggs in grocery stores where I live in 2020. I kept asking the stores and no one had an answer. The deliveries just stopped. One store would say the egg companies had too much business and they were sold out. Other people said there wasn't enough business and they closed. It was all over the place. No one had a real answer. And this was all in Feb 2020. Not after the real shit began. Then one day they were magically back in stock. AFTER two of the biggest egg producers went out of business. Ummm, okay.
So you think the eggs were stopped to remove contaminated ones?
I believe that eggs in the US, unlike other countries where it's illegal, are rinsed in a bleach solution. So they'd have to adulterate the shells after that.
I wouldn't put anything past these monsters.
If I go with that theory then yes, someone stopped it. And yes they have a solution they are rinsed in to remove bacteria. So that seems simple. Don't rinse or spray after rinse. Bacteria are hearty little things. I definitely wouldn't put it past them. Eggs or toilet paper. Those are the two things guaranteed to spread whatever you want. Spray either and people will touch, then touch counters, face, mucus membranes. Then, viola. It's a done deal. Both of which we faced a mass shortage of in 2020.
Interesting - and, yes, TP would be a great carrier too.
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