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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

Nobody really knows anything much about this virus, but how long it stays in the environment has been establishe at 4 - 5 days with 9 days in only one test in Germany.  It takes at least 2 weeks to get here from China, so I am not concerned.  I am expecting some clothing soon; will wash it as soon as it comes out of the package, and hope for nice hot day to dry it in the sun.

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It is a coronavirus.

 

Other coronaviruses include SARS, influenza.

 

There is enough experience with those to get a rough idea.

 

I would take the precautions I would for flu.

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Just becaue it is a similar type of virus does not mean it will behave the same.  Actually, I just read today in one of the cientific publication that I get, that the active virus has been found in infected but asymptomatic people's poo, and around their anus.  Also it seems that some people are lot more infectious than others.  One asympomatic woman in Korea (?) seems to have infected whole lot of others. 

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If in doubt , quarantine !