[TaxRelief]

It is NOT airborne (aerosal). You have to be globbed on, literally, to get sick. Or you have to touch an infected surface and then put your mucky fingers into your nose, your mouth or your eyes.

[riri]

But if it stays "alive" on surfaces for up to 24 hours, that certainly makes the problem worse. Especially, if you have small children. If this comes here in full force, as a mother of a two and five year old, I will have no choice but to stay home, indefinitely.

[Judith Anne]

It is NOT airborne (aerosal). You have to be globbed on, literally, to get sick. Or you have to touch an infected surface and then put your mucky fingers into your nose, your mouth or your eyes."

Actually, on this I think you are quite mistaken. And in addition to aerosol spread by coughing, the virus is shed in urine, and feces.