NEJM correspondence - Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is plausible, since the virus can remain viable and infectious in aerosols for hours and on surfaces up to days (depending on the inoculum shed). These findings echo those with SARS-CoV-1, in which these forms of transmission were associated with nosocomial spread and super-spreading events,5 and they provide information for pandemic mitigation efforts.
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Question - when we have home isolation rooms, we know to not have on the a/c so the only other option is to open the isolation room’s windows. The south is already getting hot. So, how do you keep the virus from getting into the yard where kids and pets bring it inside or it floats on the breeze back into the safe part of the house?