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Coronavirus: lives on surfaces for 2 to 4 weeks. We’re limiting the travel of people from infected regions but not the flow of goods
The mind of the chief | Jan 31, 2020 | ChiefJayStrongbow

Posted on 01/31/2020 7:33:09 AM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow

It’s been widely reported that the virus can live on surfaces for over two weeks. The US and other countries import vast amounts of goods that are manufactured throughout China. These goods are air and ocean freighted throughout the world.

Governments are focused on quarantining people who show signs of infection (although it’s also been reported that an infected person need not show signs of an infection and can still transmit the virus), but we are overlooking the more insidious vector of foods and non-food items that come from potentially infected regions.

Our highly efficient distribution networks may exponentially speed the growth curve of this disease to the point that quarantines become useless.


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KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; infectious; virus; wuhan
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1 posted on 01/31/2020 7:33:09 AM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow

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2 posted on 01/31/2020 7:34:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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You make good points.

Let me offer this counterpoint...if this was a huge problem, would we see sick/infected FedEx/DHL/UPS/Amazon workers by now?


3 posted on 01/31/2020 7:34:35 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Red Badger

Great Value bleach is cheaper :-)


4 posted on 01/31/2020 7:35:15 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow
It’s been widely reported that the virus can live on surfaces for over two weeks.

Widely reported where? Sources? BTW this is a vanity and should be in Chat not in News. Just saying

5 posted on 01/31/2020 7:36:33 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Looks like the mods moved it to Chat already : )


6 posted on 01/31/2020 7:37:39 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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... but not the flow of goods


this is where it could get ugly. Imagine stopping all imports from China. However, there is no proof that this has resulted in any infections outside china.


7 posted on 01/31/2020 7:38:15 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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dude, it takes a month for a Chinese cargo ship to reach the USA


8 posted on 01/31/2020 7:39:04 AM PST by chemical_boy
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To: MD Expat in PA

Lots of papers written on how long this particular family of zoonotic viruses live on surfaces.

General consensus, at LEAST 5 days, more likely a week or two given numerical measurement of virus population decrease over time.


9 posted on 01/31/2020 7:39:25 AM PST by Black Agnes
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correction over a month to get here


10 posted on 01/31/2020 7:39:35 AM PST by chemical_boy
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Slow boats from China might be a good thing after all :)


11 posted on 01/31/2020 7:40:11 AM PST by Black Agnes
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Maybe that is why China is spaying disinfectant over the cities and streets. There has been videos of this and now they are using drones to spray with.

It appears China knows this already, they started spraying a couple of days ago. What is China hiding?


12 posted on 01/31/2020 7:41:12 AM PST by DEPcom
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Making stuff up I see.


13 posted on 01/31/2020 7:42:19 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow

The wife works in a Northeast university. It is about 50-70% Asian population of students and professors (from what I can see and I drive her there daily). I’d say in the past few weeks at least half are wearing surgical masks. I hear they regularly travel back to China (etc). Now the school determined they won’t pay for flights back and forth to China due to the virus. (I guess this has to do with deals worked out with professors who have some sort of deal worked out).

It’s amazing how once again our borders are wide open and to people from a sworn enemy.


14 posted on 01/31/2020 7:43:41 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: chemical_boy

Iphones travel by aircraft as do many other things including groceries.


15 posted on 01/31/2020 7:44:47 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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So it stays alive for a month on dry surfaces? Seems unlikely, every airplane in the world is HEAVILY infect then and has been for 45 days, where are all the sick?


16 posted on 01/31/2020 7:45:27 AM PST by GulfMan
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It’s been reported....that corona virus lives on surfaces for 2 - 4 weeks....


Why not post a link to your ‘reported’ source?


17 posted on 01/31/2020 7:45:50 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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People’s Daily, China
@PDChina
Patients who have recovered from #pneumonia caused by the novel #coronavirus still face the risk of being infected again, an expert said at a press conference of China’s National Health Commission on Friday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3812316/posts?page=310#310


18 posted on 01/31/2020 7:47:18 AM PST by janetjanet998
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If true then this shit definitely came out of a bio weapons lab. Time to make their leadership pay dearly if true.


19 posted on 01/31/2020 7:49:45 AM PST by GulfMan
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Just received a package from China yesterday ,it was shipped 29 Dec 19 , many hands and machines have touched it


20 posted on 01/31/2020 7:50:28 AM PST by butlerweave
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