Corona Virus

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The volume that has been turned up here belongs to two girls aged 6 and 8...

 

haha

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56 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Tomorrow I resume my temporary, at home, Google Classroom, second grade teaching gig. I forgot how good I had it during the day :~)

 

Ha, same!

 

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Earlier today I read that Corona Virus was found in empty cruise ship rooms up to 17 days after it was last inhabited by people who tested positive for Coronavirus.

 

Second, no matter the material, practice good cleanliness, sanitizer, hand washing, etc...

 

And being sneezed on is an excellent way to contract the disease. I also read today that it was found that 1 person on a bus infected a bunch of people who the subject had not interacted with, some of whom were 15 feet away.

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1 hour ago, sandyk said:

Hand rails etc. perhaps ?

 We had 39 guests at a wedding party infected just before the close range warnings were issued

 

AS Opus stated, they were not sure, but they speculated the ventilation systems on the bus moved the virus throughout the environment to infect the others.

 

@opus101 I see you are also a sophomoric member...  ha.

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6 hours ago, kirkmc said:

 

Someone posted this on twitter:

 

You're gonna see "coronavirus can live for 17 days on surfaces!" Incorrect. *Viral RNA* was detectable after 17 days. Saying that live virus is there because viral RNA was found is like saying I must be holding a meatball sub because there's a marinara stain on my pants.

 

Twitter is of course a stellar source of accurate information...

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Just now, Allan F said:

 

"The problem with information that you read on the internet is that you never know if it is true."

-Abraham Lincoln

 

I am pretty sure he said that to Jesus at a luncheon...

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13 minutes ago, Audiophile Neuroscience said:

I was a little surprised to read that touching surfaces contaminated with virus was a more common way of contracting the disease but whether true or not It doesn't equate with being the most effective way of getting it, which is presumably by an infected person coughing in your vicinity. I interpreted it to mean that most people understand the risk of a cough and adhere to social distancing etc but may not necessarily protect themselves from surfaces. The fact that you can contract viruses from touching contaminated surfaces is very well known.

 

You're absolutely spot on with your interpretation. Most of us don't sneeze or cough on people, so although thats the easier path for the virus, its less likely for humans to pass it on directly to each other that way. It is MUCH more likely for a person who sneezed or coughed to then touch a surface and leave the virus behind for another person to pick up when they touch that surface and then touch themselves somehow that lets the virus in.