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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 26422559" data-attributes="member: 562115">"The virus can only survive for a short time outside the body. Once outside the body, the virus can no longer replicate. "The first statement is wrong... If anyone wants to know search my posts in the old Covid megathreads on the viability of Covid virus on surfaces. I said this in February 2020 before anyone did the surface testing and many argued with me.The second part is correct - the Virus cannot replicate outside a host, because for the simple reason that it needs our cells to replicate.As long as the "capsid" doesn't degenerate, the virus remains "viable" on surfaces. Depending on the ambient temperature and the surface type it can remain viable over long periods. It likes 20 Deg C very much and can survive on stainless steel for nearly 28 days. (You can culture and grow the virus from a 28 day sample)At 30 deg C it's about seven days and at 40 deg C only 24 hrs.Also as stated, Covid is not waterborne. There's no evidence yet. But the original SARS virus was....The primary mode is droplet transmission. Use the mask and the sanitizers!</blockquote>

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