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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by yulaow on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:08AM (#22404595)
The virus is not airborne, it propagates via aerosol so it is very short lived "in the air" and over surfaces.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by jonplackett on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:20AM (#22404715)
A claim like this needs a source
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by WaltPurvis on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:51AM (#22405057)
I think OP might be confusing "airborne" with "aerosolized" because the latter is transmitted through the air, just over very short distances. Although, in the case of aerosolized fecal transmission due to buildings with decrepit/faulty plumbing, the distances can be fairly large. And it does appear Covid-19 can be spread that way:

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-may-spreading-so-fast-b...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1...

https://www.vox.com/2020/2/20/21143785/coronavirus-covid-19-...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-20/fecal-tra...

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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by sagichmal on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:19AM (#22404708)
This is not correct.
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