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Originally Posted by pucmo
Protecting one's hands with gloves all the time when in contact with anything public seems the best to me if there are many cases (nationalities). The gloves (possibly in the other hand) also carry viruses.
The sanitizers (ethanol) won't help against the viruses (need to wash the hands for 20 seconds carefully with soap and warm water) other than they find it harder to stick on (the PH that kills bacterias) but it also helps not to get a serious bacteria infection as if one gets weaker, one might get killed by Corona. Against these viruses (they survive only up to 24 hours outside of the body) the only time to use the sanitizer is before the contact.
Whatever comes out of the mouth of others that get in your mouth (and lungs), eyes, is the most dangerous, so avoid being around smoke and sick people and beware of people coughing, sneezing and do it yourself so it won't spread to others, using your sleeve.
Anyone with serious base weaknesses, including older people (over 60) is in serious danger if there is a realistic chance to get Corona. For others, the chance to die when getting Corona is small; much less need to worry about it other than one will carry the virus then and one feels sick only after days if one feels anything much to worry about even then.
Pucmo, where did you get your information? What I am reading is a bit different
Re: Alcohol based hand sanitizer
"Dr Bhadelia said that "from what we know about this coronavirus, it's similar to SARS and MERS, so it should not be that difficult of a microorganism to kill," therefore "soap and water, and alcohol-based hand sanitizers, can kill it."
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/74463416.cms
Re: Corona Virus's remaining infectious on surfaces for longer than 24 hours
"An analysis of 22 earlier studies of similar coronaviruses, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) published online this month in the Journal of Hospital Infection, concluded that human coronaviruses can remain infectious on inanimate surfaces for up to nine days at room temperature. "
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...ve-on-surfaces
And I have never heard that the corona virus could ride on smoke particles (always heard that they ride in water droplets from sneezes and coughs).