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Mike T : Wife says typically wont last longer than 72 hours on tissue. It’s a non encapsulated RNA virus. She should know as a biotech science director, that uses live virus. It can last longer on surfaces than tissues.
It is amazing that even at this stage in the pandemic we do not know how long it lasts on surfaces, nor whether it is mainly transmitted that way or via coughing/sneezing or even exhaled breath. A 60 person choir met in Washington State before movement restrictions - 45 have symptoms, 27 have tested as positive and one has died. Apparently there was no touching/handshaking/hugging, and lots of extra soap in the washrooms. So singing seems a good way to spread it. Is heavy breathing from running that different?
I think it does have a capsule, or envelope ....