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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

3. This changes everything.

Reply to dewsgirl (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 04:07 PM

Mar 2020

"Several hours."

That's even worse than the study from the South China Morning Post saying it might live for up to 30 minutes in the air.

That's even going to make going anywhere where there are other people hazardous, no matter how much you wash your hands, unless you can hold your breath long enough to do grocery shopping.

Am I overstating the situation? Somebody calm me down.

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The virus can live in the air for several hours, US gov study has found. [View all] dewsgirl Mar 2020 OP

Does it float or land lame54 Mar 2020 #1

That was my question. Just floating around for people to suck in? LizBeth Mar 2020 #2

I am thinking in the air, means it's airborne. The WHO mentioned dewsgirl Mar 2020 #4

OMG Mike 03 Mar 2020 #7

I subscribe to them on YT, I find some of their clips helpful dewsgirl Mar 2020 #10

Which is why CDC says patients should be in *airborne* isolation rainbow4321 Mar 2020 #12

I don't know about that, but I did read that the virus is contained in an "envelope" Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #5

'Lipids' is what I heard the oil-fat encasement called. Talitha Mar 2020 #16

This changes everything. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #3

Can't Lochloosa Mar 2020 #8

"We're not by any way saying there is aerosolized transmission of the virus" sl8 Mar 2020 #9

So it's airborne. That's a game changer. defacto7 Mar 2020 #6

Well, I guess I'm glad I got a copper kitchen sink. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #11

Yes, the cruise ships. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #13

Maybe that "Emergency Meeting" at the WH had something to do with this? Mike 03 Mar 2020 #14

I don't know...I highly doubt they will tell us, especially him. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #15

I can envision that orange dunce in that meeting... llmart Mar 2020 #17