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Title: Given what happened to bog-roll ...
Post by: RD on 04/04/2020 10:03:12

Toilet-duck may go extinct ...

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"Coronavirus May Cause Environmental Contamination Through Fecal Shedding"

... That patient had two stool samples that were positive for SARS-CoV-2, but no diarrhea, authors said, and had upper respiratory tract involvement without pneumonia ...

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926390

Title: Re: Given what happened to bog-roll ...
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/04/2020 10:42:28

I'm really quite glad that my job doesn't involve looking for viruses in poo.

Title: Re: Given what happened to bog-roll ...
Post by: RD on 24/04/2020 10:47:48

I should have bought shares in the aforementioned lavatory fowl (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=79166.msg598442#msg598442) ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52407177