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CDC says they found live virus on Grand Princess surfaces 17 days after passengers left https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-princess-cr
by alistproducer2 7y ago
CDC says they found live virus on Grand Princess surfaces 17 days after passengers left
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-princess-cruise-cabins-up-to-17-days-after-passengers-left.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-...
- mehrdadn 7y agoOh damn. Thank you!
- lotsofpulp 7y agoThe CDC report only indicates finding RNA, which is NOT the same as finding a live virus, so that CNBC article is clickbait. >SARS-CoV-2 RNA was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e3.htm?s_cid=mm6912e3_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e3.htm?s_cid=mm... Here is someone qualified discussing CDC report: https://mobile.twitter.com/aetiology/status/1242254105155973122 https://mobile.twitter.com/aetiology/status/1242254105155973...
- mehrdadn 7y agoOh thank you!
- lotsofpulp 7y agoThe CDC report does not state they found live virus after 17 days. See my other comment.