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• chrisco255 7y ago
  "The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus" https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/ "The dried virus on smooth surfaces retained its viability for over 5 days at temperatures of 22–25°C and relative humidity of 40–50%, that is, typical air-conditioned environments."
  • beervirus 7y ago
    Just to be clear, that's about the original SARS, not the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2). I don't know of any studies about the effects of temperature and humidity on how long the current virus survives on surfaces.
    • wool_gather 7y ago
      There was this one last month, but it was fast and fairly small and I don't think anyone's tried reproducing it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22611099 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22611099
    • chrisco255 7y ago
      Just to be clear, they are both related coronaviruses that are extremely similar on a molecular level. What would lead you to believe that things that are generally true for viruses and especially true for the highly related SARS-COV would not be true for SARS-COV2?
      • beervirus 7y ago
        I didn’t say it was necessarily, or even probably, different. I was pointing out (because you chose not to for some reason) that you were citing a study from a decade ago about a different virus.