How long does a virus stay in the air?

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Oak Tree
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Aerosolized particles are essentially microscopic, and they're formed when fluids containing the virus are expelled from a person and cling to dust or moisture in the air and hang there. The researchers found that airborne coronavirus particles stayed floating for up to three hours before falling and clinging to a new surface.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-long-coronavirus-lives-in-air_l_5e873e03c5b6a9491835668b

How does standing 6' in a grocery store line stop transmission of virus? It doesn't! If you want to be safe from getting the virus then self quarantine and protect yourself.

If you walk where other people have been then the virus is still there....it doesn't fall directly to the ground.

Quarantine is the only solution.


Time to open the economy for individuals trying to support their families and use basic common sense.

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From the linked article:

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Before you panic, there's something important to note: This study was conducted in a very controlled setting. The likelihood of encountering the virus in this form is low for an average person, experts have previously told HuffPost. The virus doesn't stay in the air enough to be a risk to people who are not physically near someone who is infected.

This is because droplets from someone sneezing or coughing are typically much heavier than an aerosolized particle.
Oak Tree
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Going to places were people are infected isn't a good idea if you're scared or have pre existing conditions.

Stay at home for 100% safety.

OKC~Ag
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Outdoor in this coming Texas heat, i bet just seconds...
unless you are just right in front of infected coughing individual and you avidly inhale their cough...

i know, expert saying temp doesn't matter and there are warm-weather countries with a significant Covid 19 burden...

probably virus is being exposed indoor exclusively around the world and that is rational for returning in the fall...

another kind of far outside of rational but plausible reaction to mounting nursing home cases...healthy NH residents need to be removed and either back to private homes to their family, if available...

or set up outdoor tent city with lots of ventillation.. as the weather warms to reduced exposure to Covid virus

i know, a tent city for the elderly may not be sensible but NH is really an ideal grounds for Coronavirus dissemination...
Ag00Ag
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Another article on this...


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airborne-coronavirus-detected-in-wuhan-hospitals/ar-BB13kV91?ocid=spartandhp
Duncan Idaho
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It is almost like the OP is offering evidence to support the mandatory use of masks in all public places.
TJJackson
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Duncan Idaho said:

It is almost like the OP is offering evidence to support the mandatory use of masks in all public places.


Good thing we emptied jails so we can round up everybody not wearing a mask in public.
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