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SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Micro-droplets - NHK World report (Original Post) dalton99a Mar 2020 OP
Not just this.. 5 microns dehydrates quickly and because of the long-life of this virus it becomes JCMach1 Mar 2020 #1
NHK World is one of my real news sources. roamer65 Mar 2020 #2
I read a few months back that in nature, among plants and wild animals, Blue_true Mar 2020 #3
Excellent report! Thank you so much for posting this! Trailrider1951 Mar 2020 #4

JCMach1

(27,556 posts)
1. Not just this.. 5 microns dehydrates quickly and because of the long-life of this virus it becomes
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 03:36 PM
Mar 2020

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!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
3. I read a few months back that in nature, among plants and wild animals,
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 05:16 PM
Mar 2020

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)
4. Excellent report! Thank you so much for posting this!
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 05:27 PM
Mar 2020

Ya think that this is maybe why tRump is hosting his daily lie-fest outside?

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