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18. Flu Viruses cannot live outside the body for long

Reply to Talitha (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 01:26 PM

Jan 2020

Flu viruses capable of being transferred to hands and causing an infection can survive on hard surfaces for 24 hours. Infectious flu viruses can survive on tissues for only 15 minutes.

Like cold viruses, infectious flu viruses survive for much shorter periods on the hands. After 5 minutes the amount of flu virus on hands falls to low levels. Flu viruses can also survive as droplets in the air for several hours.

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/infections/how-long-do-bacteria-and-viruses-live-outside-the-body/

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Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 106 as China tightens measures [View all] Warpy Jan 2020 OP

Given the rate of infection lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #1

The last time there was a recognized pandemic nitpicker Jan 2020 #3

yeah 11 years is a while... lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #8

Because many deaths are not from "the flu" jberryhill Jan 2020 #9

Really, we have no clue how many people die of flu each year. The only thing that seems evident Squinch Jan 2020 #12

How many people die of smoking? jberryhill Jan 2020 #13

No. When a little old lady falls and breaks her hip and gets pneumonia in the hospital and dies of Squinch Jan 2020 #21

The containment has already failed. Coventina Jan 2020 #6

Live thread from The Guardian nitpicker Jan 2020 #2

From The Guardian live thread nitpicker Jan 2020 #4

Link to the Johns Hopkins tracking website nitpicker Jan 2020 #5

thank you lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #7

0% containment doesn't take into account the incubation period icymist Jan 2020 #20

Steve Lookner, the guy from Agenda Free TV on YT, dewsgirl Jan 2020 #10

106 dead, 63 recovered. Yeah, it's all just hysteria. Squinch Jan 2020 #11

Significance of this would need to take into account the number of days needed for full recovery. 3Hotdogs Jan 2020 #14

So nothing to worry about. Not at all. People are just being hysterical. Squinch Jan 2020 #22

Case-fatality rate of 2.3% compared to 2.5% for the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, pretty close. nt yaesu Jan 2020 #15

Beijing, a city of 22 million, now in quarantine lockdown, empty streets, pics show ghost town Baclava Jan 2020 #16

Do we need to worry about all the stuff being imported from China? Talitha Jan 2020 #17

Flu Viruses cannot live outside the body for long Baclava Jan 2020 #18

Whew... thanks!! Talitha Jan 2020 #19

They also don't do well when exposed to ultraviolet light lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #23

Most pathogens are killed by UV light Warpy Jan 2020 #24

Thanks - time will tell, I suppose. Talitha Jan 2020 #25