Coronavirus (COVID-19) - How Long Does it Live on Surfaces?

This article on Coronavirus (COVID-19) is about the virus that causes it stars coronavirus to and how long it lives on surfaces how long it stays in the air and how its transmitted person to person spread of the virus mainly occurs through respiratory droplets whenever an infected person coughs sneezes or talks those droplets can infect another person if it makes contact with the mucous membranes by mucous membranes, I mean the eyes inside the nose and the mouth infection can also occur.

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 If a person touches a surface that has the virus and then they get on their hands and then they touch their either eyes those her mouth droplets don't typically travel more than six feet and there's now a new non-peer-reviewed study that just came out by NIH that shows the virus remains in aerosol meaning in the air for up to three hours.Now at this point, we don't know how much of a viral load in that aerosol.You need to inhale in order to come down with the infection.So that is still an unknown at this. Point so just because it remains aerosolized for up to three hours that does not necessarily prove that it's an Airborne transmission, but I would think that's the case more studies are needed to prove this one way or another regardless, although airplanes do filter the air. It's not a hundred percent effective at filtering out all of the aerosols also because the virus spreads through contact as well having a bunch of people on an airplane is a recipe to spread the virus and other viruses as well this also oh impacts the health care side of things because there are only 1000 or so ICU beds in the entire country.

And the number of Airborne isolation rooms and hospitals is also very limited which leads me to the next question.How long does this virus live on surfaces in that same study that I just mentioned? They determined that the virus lives up to four hours on copper up to 24 hours on cardboard and 2 to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel and this is part of the reason why the virus is spreading like crazy.Then you throw in the fact that some people are infected who don't have any symptoms at all or if they do have symptoms it sometimes takes up to two weeks before they start showing those symptoms.In other words. The incubation period is up to 14 days.Although on average. The incubation is about 5 to 6 days but because of this incubation period that means that the virus silently spreads during this time and that's another reason why it's so hard to slow the spread of the virus.Also your body has these things called Ace 2 receptors these tiny little receptors, which are proteins are made on the tiny little air sacks within your lungs alveoli.The virus has this Spike protein which acts like a key and these H2 receptors act as a lock on the front door of your house and the virus fits right inside that Keyhole opens the front door and boom is inside your house.

So when you combine all these different factors and makes sense why this virus spreads so quickly and that's why the number of cases is Going to continue to rise as of right now writing  this article the 19862 cases in the United States, but each person can do something about that. It's not just about staying home as much as you can.It's also about washing your hands diligently and doing it correctly.Let's be real most of us. Don't wash your hands it off and most of us don't wash your hands correctly.I've seen you guys in the men's bathroom before the stop brakes started guys in the bathroom, they'd either use the urinal or the toilet and then they walk right past the wash. Station and I'd say probably 10 to 20 percent of guys in the bathroom do this.The good news is since the outbreak I do see more and more guys in the bathroom who actually wash their hands after they use the urinal or the toilet but come on now, this is no excuse not to wash your hands after you use the bathroom and when it comes to hand sanitizer think of that as a backup to soap and water like when you need to wash your hands, but don't have access to soap and water.

That's the time that you're going to want to use the hand sanitizer if you can get it. Guys, everything is off the shelves now, and if you have access to disinfectant wipe down commonly used Services avoid sick people avoid large crowds.Skip the handshakes for now we understand no big deal. Now there are a bunch of studies and proper hand-washing.It's the most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of getting the virus as well as spreading the virus.And if you want more info on that in another article put that in the comments below. Let me know and I'll see you in the next one.