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The virus is not airborne, it propagates via aerosol so it is very short lived "in the air" and over surfaces.

• burpsnard 7y ago
  i read last week that it is indeed airbourne, not only from cough/sneeze but also from flatulence, out to 200 meters
  • sagichmal 7y ago
    This is not correct.
  • jonplackett 7y ago
    A claim like this needs a source
    • WaltPurvis 7y ago
      I think OP might be confusing "airborne" with "aerosolized" because the latter is transmitted through the air, just over very short distances. Although, in the case of aerosolized fecal transmission due to buildings with decrepit/faulty plumbing, the distances can be fairly large. And it does appear Covid-19 can be spread that way: https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-may-spreading-so-fast-because-feacal-transmission-scientists-say-1488204 https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-may-spreading-so-fast-b... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1729071 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1... https://www.vox.com/2020/2/20/21143785/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-transmission-how https://www.vox.com/2020/2/20/21143785/coronavirus-covid-19-... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-20/fecal-transmission-may-be-behind-coronavirus-s-rapid-spread https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-20/fecal-tra...