[Betty Jo]

This article says the SARS virus lives only six hours outside the body.A new article up on Drudge now says the studies show it can live for days in certain conditions.There's a lot of confusion going on in this and all areas of SARS.

I see the ship is cleared.Just when I had a big plot detected.

[aristeides]

There's a lot that's still uncertain about this new disease. It was German researchers who are reported to have found that the SARS coronavirus survived on surfaces for 24 hours or more. In this article it's an Indian researcher talking. Maybe the virus survives a shorter time in Indian conditions. Or maybe this varies for different strains of the disease.