Airborne Coronavirus Detected in Wuhan Hospitals

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That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions report that they captured tiny droplets containing the genetic markers of the virus from the air in two hospitals in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak started.

Their findings were published Monday in the journal Nature.

It remains unknown if the virus in the samples they collected was infectious, but droplets that small, which are expelled by breathing and talking, can remain aloft and be inhaled by others.

“Those are going to stay in the air floating around for at least two hours,” said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who was not involved with the Nature paper. “It strongly suggests that there is potential for airborne transmission.”

Dr. Marr and many other scientists say evidence is mounting that the coronavirus is being spread by tiny droplets known as aerosols. The World Health Organization has so far downplayed the possibility, saying that the disease is mostly transmitted through larger droplets that do not remain airborne for long, or through the touching of contaminated surfaces.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airborne-coronavirus-detected-in-wuhan-hospitals/ar-BB13kV91?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[Girard442]

1. The question is, are those actual viable viruses?

Or is that just recognizable fragments of genetic material that aren't a threat?

The go to test for determining if live bacteria are present is a culture. Viruses would have to be cultured in a living medium because they can only reproduce by infecting a living cell. How hard that is to do, I have no idea. It doesn't sound easy.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Sounds like we'll find out may1st

[Girard442]

3. Yeah. One way to test viability is to see if the sample infects an actual living host.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Ain't over yet