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" It's getting real now. Wash you hands, and avoid touching your face. Plan to spend less time in close proximity to others." It is airborne. This virus attack
by ransom1538 7y ago
" It's getting real now. Wash you hands, and avoid touching your face. Plan to spend less time in close proximity to others."
It is airborne. This virus attacks the lungs (please google). Why on earth are people saying wash your hands. It transfers through: "respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes." Wash your hands sure, but this isn't going to save you --- watch what you BREATH.
- zachguo 7y agoDroplets contaminated public surfaces like door handles, elevator buttons, etc, and one person normally touches his/her face hundreds of times per day.
- ineedasername 7y agoBecause there are other vectors of contact besides breathing. Since we can't stop breathing, we can at least minimize infection through other vectors, even if they represent less likely avenues of infection.
- crooked-v 7y agoThe virus isn't truly airborne. The respiratory droplets can be carried in the air short distances, but direct infection from that is extremely unlikely outside of someone literally sneezing in your face. This is in contrast to diseases like anthrax, where particles can be carried on air currents basically indefinitely and direct infection from the airborne disease is likely.
- ransom1538 7y agoDid you make this up? Can you site a source?
- mercer 7y agoI'm too lazy to cite sources but I'll say I've read plenty that confirm that it is not 'airborne'. Nonetheless, I understand that it's aerosolised and this does carry further than just a sneeze to the face. So, worse than crooked-v says, but better than airborne. Happy to be corrected though.
- electriclove 7y agoNot sure why you are getting downvoted. There are many unknowns with this and if you see what is happening in China to disinfect, they clearly believe it is airborne.