question about placing a SSD offline

curious, i have one SSD that i use to clone my OS drive to every week (i wipe it 3X first). But i do it using a hot swap double bay external unit on my computer. After a clone, i pull it from the bay with a sata cable connected to one that isn't, that way it stays powered but i'm confident no virus etc is going to invade or infect it

I hadn't realized i could change a drive's status to "offline". Does placing it offline 100% prevent anything, virus / malware wise from infecting it?

thanks in advance
 

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