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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Micro-droplets - NHK World report
(NHK is Japan's national broadcasting organization)
JCMach1
(27,556 posts)lighter than air once the droplet dehydrates.
This essentially makes it airborne and relatively long-lived airborne.
Summary:
Wear a mask people and cover eyes if possible!
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Along with Al Jazeera and Bloomberg.
Good info.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)there is something like 1.3 million unknown viruses. It is possible that there are viruses that behave in ways that scientists have never seen. The SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, though referenced as a coronavirus, has some makeup features that scientists have not seen before. It could be that the capsid of the virus has polyelectrolyte compounds in it, making it capable of both absorbing large amounts of water vapor, and staying suspended in air via daisy-chaining polar water molecules to keep itself suspended in air for a period of time, instead of falling quickly toward the floor after being exhaled.
Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)Ya think that this is maybe why tRump is hosting his daily lie-fest outside?