"Robin" wrote in message
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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



I was thinking more on these lines -

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Alison Carey, MD, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology
at Drexel University, tells Health. "Flu viruses can survive on hard surfaces
(like bus poles) and infect another person for 24 to 48 hours,"

quote

However

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The longer the virus sits, the more the possibility of someone catching
the cold or flu decreases, Dr. Carey says. "But people can definitely
get it from touching bus poles, especially in the five to 10 minutes that
elapse from a sick person getting off the bus and someone else getting on,"
she says.

/quote

https://www.health.com/condition/col...ve-on-surfaces

She's white as well, although at a guess, not trying so hard to cover her arse


michael adams

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