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Title here "Covid loses 90% of ability to infect within five minutes in air" is a little misleading. From the abstract: "A decrease in infectivity to ~10 % of
by chadash 5y ago
Title here "Covid loses 90% of ability to infect within five minutes in air" is a little misleading. From the abstract:
"A decrease in infectivity to ~10 % of the starting value was observable for SARS-CoV-2 over 20 minutes, with a large proportion of the loss occurring within the first 5 minutes after aerosolisation."
- cheschire 5y agoWe could fully sensationalize it and say "COVID still infectious when breathing air 20 minutes after a sneeze."