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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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To: Black Agnes
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.

Do you have any sources or links to these papers?

And FWIW, a zoonotic virus is a virus that is contracted by humans directly from animals.

https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/basics/zoonotic-diseases.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis

While it is thought that this Coronavirus started in an animal reservoir, it made the species jump to become a human to human transmittable virus.

“Meanwhile, it’s not known whether or how long the virus might survive in droplets on hard surfaces, such as doorknobs or countertops. But we know the common cold virus (which is also a coronavirus) can last “a couple hours to maybe a couple days,” depending on temperature, humidity, and other factors, says Amesh Adalja, MD, an infectious disease expert at the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University. Adalja tells Elemental that the same might be true of this virus, but he thinks surfaces are not likely the main form of transmission.”

https://elemental.medium.com/your-most-pressing-questions-about-the-coronavirus-answered-c99bff5f02e9

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

28 posted on 01/31/2020 8:07:19 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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