Zeroed in said:

They're saying it's inevitable that it's going to hit the US hard, so I'm wondering how if inbound people are scanned and checked?
They say the incubation period in a human is 2 weeks before you start showing any symptoms.
But how long will the virus live on certain surfaces, like the flu virus or any other virus for that matter?
Take for instance eBay. If you buy something from china, and say the seller is contaminated and sneezed on the item being sent to you?
Just say you got the item within 2 weeks (I've gotten many within 2wks). You open the package, get your item, your eye itches and of course you rub it.
Now you have the CoronaVirus, unknowingly spreading it all over.
And if it's possible it could happen this way, I'm feeling sorry for Rebel Rider, he's always getting eBay stuff. :eyebrows:
I started thinking about this after I ordered a few rolls of camo rifle tape. I guess when I get it, I'm gonna put it in another bag and leave it
in it for a month or so before opening the package. Just in Case. :nod:

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FrommerStop said:

I just got a shipment that likely came from china and I was thinking about that very topic. It seems to be most deadly to older folk that does include many us here. Since it is already in europe and Iran, for sure it will go world wide spread throughout the USA. I likely need to start wiping such things down with bleach solution and then isopropyl alcohol

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MAXman said:

With a mortality rate of 2% im super worried about it.

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Rebel_Rider1969 said:

No, lick everything in the box. Then goto the mall and bite everyone, I'm sick of paying my morgage.;-)

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Zeroed in said:

They're saying it's inevitable that it's going to hit the US hard, so I'm wondering how if inbound people are scanned and checked?
They say the incubation period in a human is 2 weeks before you start showing any symptoms.
But how long will the virus live on certain surfaces, like the flu virus or any other virus for that matter?
Take for instance eBay. If you buy something from china, and say the seller is contaminated and sneezed on the item being sent to you?
Just say you got the item within 2 weeks (I've gotten many within 2wks). You open the package, get your item, your eye itches and of course you rub it.
Now you have the CoronaVirus, unknowingly spreading it all over.
And if it's possible it could happen this way, I'm feeling sorry for Rebel Rider, he's always getting eBay stuff. :eyebrows:
I started thinking about this after I ordered a few rolls of camo rifle tape. I guess when I get it, I'm gonna put it in another bag and leave it
in it for a month or so before opening the package. Just in Case. :nod:

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But how long can the new coronavirus linger on surfaces, anyway? The short answer is, we don't know. But if this new coronavirus resembles other human coronaviruses, such as its "cousins" that cause SARS and MERS, it can stay on surfaces — such as metal, glass or plastic — for as long as nine days, according to a new study. (In comparison, flu viruses can last on surfaces for only about 48 hours.) https://www.livescience.com/how-long-coronavirus-last-surfaces.html

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wildrider666 said:

I'm still curious about the Bio Research (Weapons) Lab/Facility located in the same City as Ground Zero! Reports stated that the facility had the same type "bug". If so, a worker could have violated a procedure, accidental exposure release or some spy crap trying to acquire a sample specimen.

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Ross7 said:

That scenario reminds me of the beginning of that movie "The Stand", albeit without the instantaneous death.

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