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Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1, 2020, van Doremalen et al (Coronavirus)

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    Roy S Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1
     
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    This article seems to indicate that people are contagious longer than the current 2 week period of quarantine. It says median shedding was 20 days....
    "Median duration of viral shedding was 20·0 days (IQR 17·0–24·0) in survivors, but SARS-CoV-2 was detectable until death in non-survivors. The longest observed duration of viral shedding in survivors was 37 days."​
    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext#
     
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    I have always taken the 2 week quarantine recommendation with a grain of salt. We simply don't know this virus well enough yet. (Not suggesting the health authorities are being irresponsible.)
     
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    The 2 weeks quarantine is for those who are contacts of those infected not for those who test positive to the virus. If a contact tests negative and doesn’t become sick within 14 days after contact they are presumed not infected.
     
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