Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by allovernow on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:06AM (#22421291)

You really need to keep up with the literature. A paper recently came out which says it can survive ten days at ambient temperature a on most plastic and steel surfaces. And others have reported it is aerosolized. It spreads through cough, sneeze, and breath.

This one is different.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by avian on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:35AM (#22421889)

Do you have a link to the paper?

Edit: I found this literature review [1] that sounds similar to what you're referring to. Note that this is only a summary of previously published results on similar viruses. If you check the source data in Table I the persistence times are from hours to days, and the author's conclusion is "up to 9 days" (emphasis mine). In my opinion this is very weak evidence to say that it can survive 10 days "on most surfaces".

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019567012...

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by _-___________-_ on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:56AM (#22421972)

I'm keeping up with the literature just fine, thank you very much. Nothing is nearly as definite as your comment would suggest.

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