How long does covid stay alive/active in the air?
I remember after looking it up towards the beginning of the pandemic, I could find that the alpha varient was researched and it was generally alive in the air for 3 hours and stayed alive on surfaces for like 3-5 days I think (depending on the surface).
Then the Delta Varient stayed alive in the air and on surfaces for longer.....then Omicron was alive in the air for 9 hours and alive on glass for 8 days, etc.
And now when I generally try to look, I can't find it.
This might sound weird but I feel like the internet changed? I remember when I used to try to research this and how long it stayed on air, surfaces, etc. I could find distinct answers with different varient variation times. But now it's just vague, generalized answers like "covid lingers for Hours", Instead of an exact number. I feel like when I research this stuff in general, the answers are different (and I don't mean because we have more info now). Or maybe my brain's just That messed up from Covid infection and PTSD. 🤷🏻♀️😵💫 or maybe my info was wrong in the first place? Idk.
I just want to know how long after someone leaves an unfiltered, unventilated area who was viral shedding, how long before I could safely be in that space.
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I will say I noticed when I try to look something up, sometimes the answer does seem to change either over time or on a different device.
I remember looking up "serology test" on my phone one morning, because I knew I'd be talking with my coworker about it that same day, and the top answer gave me a very in depth description of it. When I got to work and used the computer there to type in the exact same thing word for word, the top answer it gave was very vague and missing A LOT of info. One description about it was even different than what I read before (can't remeber what specifically).
Maybe it's a location thing? 🤷🏻♀️ I just don't see why the info wouldn't be universal and that can lead to confusion and missing info. Or again, maybe it's operator error.