Wuhan Residents Take 'Zero Cases' Claim With Pinch of Salt

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5. Viruses don't live long outside of a host.

How long is up for debate with Cv19, but it will die when exposed to the outside environment. If we can reduce infections to just a relatively small number of humans, it can be controlled. Actual elimination, like with small pox, is very tough to do. Best bet is advancements in treatment and we're seeing that daily. The upside is, Cv19's genetics were sequenced in days. Days. That's still a wonder for us who remember gene sequencing in it's infancy. So developing effective treatments, including a vaccine, can be achieved in fractions of the time it took just 10 years ago. And the crash research on this virus will have carry over affects in treating other viral pathogens as well.