1/ WaPo: The coronavirus can be shed by people even BEFORE they develop symptoms. That pre-symptomatic transmission has helped it become a STEALTH contagion, spreading through communities before they know what hit them.
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2/Some coronavirus can potentially remain viable — capable of infecting a person — for up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.
3/ The MAIN WAY the virus has been spreading has been through droplets — like when someone SNEEZES or COUGHS. Such DROPLETS can TRAVEL up to SIX FEET.
4/ The coronavirus may take MANY DAYS — up to 14 — BEFORE an infection flares into symptoms, and although most people recover without a serious illness, this is not a bug that comes and goes quickly. A SERIOUS case of covid-19 can last for WEEKS.
5/ Among patients who survived the disease, the virus continued to be shed for between 8 and 37 days.
(The study did not reach any conclusions on whether and to what extent this persistence could lead to infections in other people.)
(The study did not reach any conclusions on whether and to what extent this persistence could lead to infections in other people.)
6/ People should understand that SURFACES that contain the virus — known to scientists as fomites — are NOT the MAJOR DRIVERS of this pandemic.
Covid-19 is PRIMARILY spread through DIRECT PERSON-TO-PERSON contact.
Covid-19 is PRIMARILY spread through DIRECT PERSON-TO-PERSON contact.
