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Coronavirus can travel twice as far as official ‘safe distance’ and stay in air for 30 minutes, Chinese study finds
South China Morning Post ^ | Published: 10:44pm, 9 Mar, 2020 | Stephen Chen

Posted on 03/09/2020 2:08:28 PM PDT by amorphous

Coronavirus can travel twice as far as official ‘safe distance’ and stay in air for 30 minutes, Chinese study finds

Authorities advise people to stay 1-2 metres apart, but researchers found that a bus passenger infected fellow travellers sitting 4.5 metres away

The scientists behind the research said their investigation also highlighted the importance of wearing face masks because of the length of time it can linger

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; travel; wuhanflu
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To: amorphous

Can, may, maybe, could....

This all depends on a great many things. The saturation of moisture, humidity, is the first limiting factor. Velocity of dispersion, wind, many thing impact this number.

So, we will leave this to the liberals to blow out of proportion and infer or outright make up lies about.


21 posted on 03/09/2020 2:22:02 PM PDT by oldenuff35 (-)
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To: DannyTN

thanks for that..was trying to figure out where the recommended 6 feet fit in.


22 posted on 03/09/2020 2:23:51 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

In the US for sure - I don’t remember the details. I only recall quite a number died mysteriously.


23 posted on 03/09/2020 2:24:01 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: NFHale

That’s only half of it . Once they die , Corona victims do not simply die , they turn into corona zombies /s


24 posted on 03/09/2020 2:25:48 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: chopperk

The Italian fashion and garment industry brought in a lot of Chinese labor.


25 posted on 03/09/2020 2:26:06 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: amorphous

You can bet there’s a connection.

There’s probably a connection between the dems and the Red Chinese too.


26 posted on 03/09/2020 2:26:56 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Morte Cerveza Hombres!!!!!


27 posted on 03/09/2020 2:28:40 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: RummyChick

“thanks for that..was trying to figure out where the recommended 6 feet fit in.”

6 feet makes sense to me in a semi-enclosed indoor setting with relatively small airflow, such as a typical conference room. At that distance, the virons (or whatever they’re called) will disperse enough to not be concentrated to the point of infecting people. But spend 4 hours on a bus, as in this case, and the one infected guy just keeps pumping out the virons, and being winter, it’s possible not much fresh air was making it into the bus.

I’m actually more surprised by how many people on that bus didn’t pick it up.


28 posted on 03/09/2020 2:30:43 PM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: DannyTN
14 ft 9 inches?

Nowhere near precise enough. 14 ft 9.16535 inches to be more exact. Get out your micrometer. Can't be too safe. Stay outside the danger zone.

Invest in tape measures.


29 posted on 03/09/2020 2:31:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: NFHale; LeoWindhorse

MUERTO, I meant!!!


30 posted on 03/09/2020 2:31:51 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: VanDeKoik

I trust Taiwan, (fantastic handle on the virus, plus it’s an island)

and i also do not trust China unless it is bad news, and even then it is actually worse than what they’re reporting.


31 posted on 03/09/2020 2:32:45 PM PDT by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: NFHale

Yep.

Here is another scary fact: the virus has been detected in feces and urine.

So, if you go into a bathroom where someone infected had gone, poof. There ya go.

Also, if you walk where someone passed gas in the last few hours, well, the virus can linger in the air.

Wear your masks. And goggles. It can permeate through the mucus membrane in your eyes as well as nose and mouth.


32 posted on 03/09/2020 2:32:57 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: NFHale

vive le morte ! vive le guerre , vive le sacre mercenaire!


33 posted on 03/09/2020 2:33:02 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: amorphous

I’m buying more into the theory they were developing a SARS vaccine and went to human trials, but they bungled it. Of course, none of the experimental bodies has come forward in China to say they were a test subject. Maybe they all croaked.


34 posted on 03/09/2020 2:33:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: amorphous

I would wager they caught the virus by touching the door, seat or something. I am not an epidemiologist and I did not stay in a Holiday Inn last night - but if it is airborne 4 meters away, then the world is in epic trouble.


35 posted on 03/09/2020 2:33:51 PM PDT by week 71
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To: amorphous

For the love of Pete.. Every Freakin’ day they change their minds about how this virus operates. No wonder there is such panic and confusion.


36 posted on 03/09/2020 2:35:25 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, ad that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Stay upwind of farts and corona.


37 posted on 03/09/2020 2:35:39 PM PDT by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: chopperk

Read sonewhere here on FR that Pakistani migrant was “ground zero.”


38 posted on 03/09/2020 2:36:29 PM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10

Somewhere...


39 posted on 03/09/2020 2:38:02 PM PDT by madison10
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To: amorphous

40 posted on 03/09/2020 2:38:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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