[Fury]

I surmised it had to be, to be detected.

RNA can be detected in inactivated viruses (e.g. vaccines)

[Jane Long]

Thanks.

It’s interesting that they didn’t offer anything up, about the viability of the found viruses, in their study.

[Jane Long]

Looks like most studies are saying the longest it can be infectious, on surfaces, is days, but not 17 days.

Here’s an article that cites a few studies on surface particles...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus-can-stay-infectious-for-days-on-surfaces/2020/03/12/9b54a99e-6472-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html

...When aerosolized into fine, floating particles, the virus remained viable for three hours. On a copper surface, it was four hours, the study found. The median length of viability for the virus on stainless steel was 13 hours, and 16 hours on polypropylene, a common type of plastic....