Rebagging

There has been a relatively (until now) successful attempt to reduce the use of plastic bags because of their impact on wildlife especially in the oceans and rivers. Unfortunately, it is now reported that, in the USA, that right-wing 'think-tank' groups have been using a fear of Covid-19 to bring back the plastic bag (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/rightwing-thinktanks-use-fear-of-covid-19-to-fight-bans-on-plastic-bags). As appears traditional in such cases, this involves a distortion of the existing Science. The virus can actually persist on a plastic surface for a relatively long period (up to 3 days) whereas its life is only a few hours on cardboard. There is actually little information about how long this agent remains viable on a cloth surface but, in spite of this, reusable bags have been banned (to be replaced by plastic) in a number of states.