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To: maceng2 who wrote (90037)	4/4/2003 5:57:50 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

At first, SARS was believed to be transmitted by heavy droplets, spread in close proximity by someone who, for instance, sneezes or coughs. But cases in a 33-storey apartment in Hong Kong has raised the theory that the virus may also be carried by water or by small aerosolised droplets that linger in the air and are then inhaled. Some think the virus may survive outside the body for two or three hours and that a healthy person can pick it up and infect themselves by touching their nose or mouth. I don't get it. I would think that growing the virus and mist spraying it in air would settle the question of if or how long it can remain airborne...Is there a doctor in the house?