re: Possible Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19 Associated with an Outbreak in an Apartment in Seoul…
“Thus, we infer that the first infected person probably released the virus during a shower in the bathroom by coughing, breathing, singing, or flushing…”
Sounds like toilet plums are the biggest threat but they are downplaying that scenario. My practice is to stay away from highway rest stops and campgrounds with flush toilets.
chris
Sanitary vent stacks with dried out traps were a source of SARS transmission in high rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong in 2003. We know that coronavirus can get into the gut and that you’re actually able to transmit viral particles with an infectious potentialfor longer through the gut than through your breathing. That’s why a big change that needs to be made in many of the public spaces in our country is the addition of toilet seat lids. It’s also a problem that comes from the recent phenomenon of ghost owners. Traps dry out due to