On 05/03/2020 12:27, michael adams wrote:

The virus can last on hard surfaces for up to ten
minutes and so the coughers and sneezers could be
well gone before you come on the scene, leaving all
their spores behind.

10 minutes? Professor Chris Whitty* told MPs this morning "It's
probably largely gone by 48 hours and almost completely gone by 72 hours
on a hard surface." But I suppose to some people he's just another
bloke on the internet - and old and white to boot.

*CB FRCP FFPH FMedSci, Chief Medical Officer for England, Chief Medical
Adviser to the UK Government, etc etc



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