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IIRC, there were still traces of the virus on the diamond princess 15 days after it was cleared out. So it might be able to last longer.
by swsieber 7y ago
IIRC, there were still traces of the virus on the diamond princess 15 days after it was cleared out. So it might be able to last longer.
- Scoundreller 7y agoIt's a half-life thing. If your equipment is sufficiently sensitive, you could find remaining virus for a long time. Especially if the conditions are right.
- thedudeabides5 7y agoRight. People like to think of things like 'sick' and 'healthy' but maybe it's more subtle than that. Things aren't 'clean' or 'dirty' w COVID, but somewhere on a long spectrum.
- Scoundreller 7y agoYup, it's continuous, not discrete. My running joke with the "up to 3 days" figures people keep sharing is that you could get infected "up to 3 miles away" by someone sneezing if the winds/temperatures are just right and you're EXTREMELY unlucky.
- WalterBright 7y agoThere's also a distinct probability that your pencil will suddenly levitate an inch then drop back. I'm not kidding.
- Scoundreller 7y agoNext you’ll try to convince me that the moon can pull stuff from the earth towards it.
- saagarjha 7y agoThere's a small probability it'll stop doing that ;)
- mattkrause 7y agoNo, the 15 day thing was viral RNA, rather than live virus. In the same way, you can find an identifiable skeleton, even after the person is dead.
- kevingadd 7y agoThe story I saw saying this was referring to traces of the virus's RNA, not active virus particles. More like footprints
- anon102010 7y agoThe authors of that article specially mentioned their work on the princess would get badly reported - and it was. There was no live cornovirus found. Their were traces of RNA (ie, after the virus was killed some of its body parts lying around).
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