BTW, the 1918 flu originated in Kansas (US), in military camps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
The last flu pandemy (2009) had its origen in Mexico.
Under normal circumstances, I would be likely to do only three of the above items anyway...
Copper and copper alloys are known for contact antimicrobial properties. Steel normally lacks copper and other elements with similar properties; viruses would be expected to last as long as on any other dry surface.On copper and steel its pretty typical, it’s pretty much about 2 hours,
It would need a whole lot of global warming to kill it.
That's a terrible map.
I just spent fours days in downtown SF, didn't see any poo on the sidewalks...
Did you look down?
Did you look down?
Iran announced Tuesday that it will temporarily release more than 54,000 inmates in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Middle Eastern country has over 2,300 cases of the virus, and 77 deaths.
Pretty interesting info on live span of other coronaviruses on surfaces: https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
We need similar data for SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) on surfaces.
This sounds like BS: "On copper and steel its pretty typical, it’s pretty much about 2 hours,” Redfield [CDC director] said at a House of Representatives hearing on the government response to the fast-spreading virus.
I heard him say it too, but here is one article that quoted the CDC director:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/coronavirus-latest-updates-outbreak.html
Two hours on a metal surface seems like wishful thinking unless it is hot. Totally unacceptable for the director of the CDC to be telling people. I would imagine it is highly temperature dependent, but I can't believe there is no published data on this.
Maybe you only release repeat offenders? I must say it sounds like non-sense. Maybe they'll keep tabs on them, and go pick them back up later.How do you "temporarily" release thousands of prisoners ?
China's most popular messaging app has been censoring key words about the coronavirus outbreak from as early as 1 January, a report has found.
Toronto-based research group Citizen Lab found that WeChat blocked combinations of keywords and criticism of President Xi Jinping.
The report also found that WeChat, owned by Chinese firm Tencent, blocked more words as the outbreak grew.
China has for years censored what its people read and say online.
But this report suggests China began censoring discussions weeks before officials began acknowledging the severity of the outbreak.
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