To: Missouri gal
Is it possible to spread the virus without any symptoms like a cough?
7 posted on
04/26/2020 8:50:40 AM PDT by
nwrep
To: nwrep
The virus spreads through droplets. It has to enter the lungs to cause illness. They have been telling us an infected person could cough onto an object such as a doorknob and someone could touch the doorknob, then their face. It's pretty hard for that to be a successful route, bc if the droplet dries or rests on the skin, it will die fast. Another possible way it may be spreading, especially in households, would be if it is viable (alive) in feces or urine, and a person flushes the toilet, they could suspend infectious droplets in air. Don't know how plausible that is, but it may explain why the great majority of spread is within households.
To: nwrep
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