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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
So current word? I watched a video from a NYC ER doc trying to give his family and friends sort of words of wisdom and comfort- it was from 3 weeks ago- he said the odds of breathing it in are almost nil, and the only time he worries if when he performs a procedure that basically forces someone to cough. He said wash hands, don't touch nose or mouth and you will be safe.
Has this changed? I get the bad luck of being next to someone contagious who coughs, but other than that is the doc's advice old?
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Reassuring. The counter which assumes aerosol particles causing it is based on stuff like this:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/doz...FMBGPI2FWPJJE/
There’s also some experiment where a scientist turned it to aerosol and reported it survived in air for hours:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
No expert consensus, it appears:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00974-w
