[nerdgirl]

Dr. Osterholm from CIDRAP in MN - world reknowned kind of guy - has stated point blank that he thinks the encouraging of hand washing is mainly bogus, and that in fact he thinks BREATHING is the main form of transmission. It explains the Shincheonji church "auntie" who spread to so many people so fast, as well as the Biogen in Boston where 3 guys infected 70.

CIDRAP Summary

Roland Baker III (Molecular Genetics U.C. Berkeley) agrees with him - he's RT a lot from various people on twitter, said this

"We found that viable virus could be detected in aerosols up to 3 hours post aerosolization, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to 2-3 days on plastic and stainless steel."

link to one of his tweets about it.

[The Westerner]

Does this mean wearing a mask, goggles (as suggested by the now deceased docs in Wuhan) is the only protection that matters + it prevents hands touching mouth, nose, eyes?

[BobL]

“Dr. Osterholm from CIDRAP in MN - world reknowned kind of guy - has stated point blank that he thinks the encouraging of hand washing is mainly bogus, and that in fact he thinks BREATHING is the main form of transmission. It explains the Shincheonji church “auntie” who spread to so many people so fast, as well as the Biogen in Boston where 3 guys infected 70.”

Yea, I’ve concluded the same. Hand washing and ‘sanitizing’ is fine as a placebo and might be useful if a vector actually does spray a surface. But overall, it’s like recycling - you feel good because you’ve done your part, but you’re never told that what you threw in those bins gets dumped in the Pacific by China.

[bgill]

Agree with the breathing it is a higher risk. Still, handwashing is good.