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To: WildHighlander57

“What method of transmission happens with an asymptomatic person; how does he or she spread it if not coughing or sneezing?”

shaking hands can do it ... also the virus lives on surfaces for a while, maybe a few hours depending upon conditions ... so someone coughing or sneezing on a surface that’s then touched by someone pretty quickly thereafter, like say in an airplane, can spread it that way ... not clear how efficient the virus spreads itself that way though compared to airborne droplets ...


44 posted on 03/08/2020 6:25:30 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

I’ve heard a report that this virus can survive on a surface for up to 9 days. Can anyone confirm that?


88 posted on 03/08/2020 6:43:05 PM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: catnipman

Are droplets expelled just from breathing and talking?


90 posted on 03/08/2020 6:44:59 PM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: catnipman; pax_et_bonum

Ok, so it goes from cough/sneezer to surface to second person, who then gets it.

But the claim has been made (not by you) that it is being spread by asymptomatic people that later tested positive for it.

My question is then, if an asymptomatic person can spread it
—while asymptomatic—,
how is that happening?

Ok, I read down thread, (h/t paxetbonum)

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3822840/posts?page=146#146


190 posted on 03/08/2020 7:46:42 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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