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To: mairdie

Actually experts say the opposite.

‘Common cold’ coronavirus lives at least 5 days on smooth surfaces.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659470/


1,130 posted on 02/03/2020 8:57:00 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

>>Actually experts say the opposite

Wonder if their info comes from Amazon.


1,132 posted on 02/03/2020 9:03:47 AM PST by mairdie (Trump Impeachment Memes - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar - https://youtu.be/eQG6liOA4wM)
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To: Black Agnes

Many hospitals and other places have started using brass handle bars or whatever they’re called on doors. Very long and techincal article, could not find exact number of days for new corona virus.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659470/

Respiratory viruses are responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious agent. Animal coronaviruses that “host jump” to humans result in severe infections with high mortality, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and, more recently, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). We show here that a closely related human coronavirus, 229E, which causes upper respiratory tract infection in healthy individuals and serious disease in patients with comorbidities, remained infectious on surface materials common to public and domestic areas for several days. The low infectious dose means that this is a significant infection risk to anyone touching a contaminated surface. However, rapid inactivation, irreversible destruction of viral RNA, and massive structural damage were observed in coronavirus exposed to copper and copper alloy surfaces. Incorporation of copper alloy surfaces in conjunction with effective cleaning regimens and good clinical practice could help to control transmission of respiratory coronaviruses, including MERS and SARS.


1,146 posted on 02/03/2020 9:57:12 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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