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Tests indicate coronavirus can survive in the air
The Hill ^
| March 11th, 2020
| By John Bowden
Posted on 03/11/2020 9:09:21 PM PDT by Mariner
Federally funded tests conducted by scientists from several major institutions indicated that the novel form of coronavirus behind a worldwide outbreak can survive in the air for several hours.
A study awaiting peer review from scientists at Princeton University, the University of California-Los Angeles and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) posted online Wednesday indicated that the COVID-19 virus could remain viable in the air "up to 3 hours post aerosolization," while remaining alive on plastic and other surfaces for up to three days.
"Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of HCoV-19 is plausible, as the virus can remain viable in aerosols for 42 multiple hours and on surfaces up to days," reads the study's abstract.
The test results suggest that humans could be infected by the disease simply carried through the air or on a solid surface, even if direct contact with an infected person does not occur. That finding, if accepted, would come in stark contrast to previous media reports that suggested the virus was not easily transmittable outside of direct human contact.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fearmongering; panic; sarscov2
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Aerosol transmission, something many had deduced from the course of events, is now about to be officially acknowledged.
Many folks will have a bad reaction to this.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:09:21 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Mariner
If it can survive in the air for 42 hours, then it can be blown around in the wind.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:11:00 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
To: Mariner
Not to undercut the latest news, but this has been known for many weeks now.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:11:40 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Mariner
Clearly all the signs of a bioweapon.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:12:06 PM PDT
by
xkaydet65
To: Mariner
It appears to be very “well-engineered” for what it does.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:12:21 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
To: Mariner
What effect did the ambient temperature have on this?
I have seen it suggested that this kind of durability is associated with low temperatures, only.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:12:27 PM PDT
by
TheConservator
(All the blather about TrumpÂ’s violation of the law is simply a projection of their own lawlessness.)
To: Mariner
To: Mariner
This should (hopefully) put an end to the It’s Just The Flu nonsense.
This is crazy....buckle up.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:13:04 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
To: Mariner
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:13:05 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Norovirus survivor; Hey Coronavirus - Bring it!)
To: Gene Eric
“but this has been known for many weeks now”
While many who are well educated on the subject have “known” it for weeks, it has never been officially acknowledged.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:13:17 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Gene Eric
To some of us...but, this leans to confirm it, in the MSM.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:13:57 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:14:09 PM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: Mariner
Funny how all the Rumors are “Debunked” and then in the end they turn out to be true after all.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:14:45 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: Mariner; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Good night all...
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:14:46 PM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: Jane Long; Mariner
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:15:05 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:15:17 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
To: Black Agnes
“Wash your hands!!!”
And don’t share your air with anyone else.
Think of the impact to hospitals. Post offices. Grocery stores. All public buildings and office spaces.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:16:11 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: chris37
That would mean stay away from crowded places. Liberals want everyone to live in crowded, communal, urban, well regulated places. That’s why it is so bad in China. “Sustainable Dense Housing” rather than selfish, independent surburbs or (heavens no) rural homesteads.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:16:28 PM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever. my)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:16:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: null and void
Not a chance, the dumb/denial is DEEP with that group.
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posted on
03/11/2020 9:17:10 PM PDT
by
Magic Fingers
(Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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