"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 05/03/2020 14:17, Robin wrote:
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




Long enough to be present on the inside or outside of all those packages
air-freighted in from China (after being bought online from a
company with a .CO.UK address)

Mine never get here anything even remotely like that fast.
Much more often it takes a month.

Even he had a cough without using a tissue :-). Also a couple of people in
the 'audience'.