So like lots of people, I am here at home self-quarantining to stop the spread of novel Coronavirus.
The Coronavirus has a highly effective technique from jumping through person to person, surfaces, you name it, but its also vulnerable to some pretty basic cleaning regiments. So, let's see how easily it spreads and what you can do about it.
The process that spreads the Coronavirus starts in the lungs and the throat.
"They sort of fool the cell and then your cell mistake it as something useful. Basically, they hijack the cell for the purpose of spread of the virus", said Hong Zhou, Microbiologist at UCLA. He says basically the coronavirus enters the cell and multiplies, sometimes millions of times. All of those copies then spill out the person's airways, and some of those copies ends up in tiny droplets of fluid.
The Spread
These copies fill up your airways, and then whenever a person coughs or sneezes those droplets spray out onto tabletops and railings, bus seats, food, other people and etc. And each droplet can carry a heavy load.
"It is normal that thousands of virus particles get fitted easily in a single droplet, whereas you only need one virus to get infected." said Hong Zhou.
Break the Chain
One really big way to break the chain of the transmission is hand washing. Let's say I get out of home all the day and I really don't care what I do. I get home, I put all of my stuff over there, I eat food and relax. But you know what else I do a lot? I touch my face.
"You can infect yourself either through your mouth, eyes or your nose. So, that's why it's so important that you don't touch your face", said Hong Zhou.
So, you should avoid touching your own face, and washing hands make those slip-ups less dangerous.
Your Take
You've heard the recommendations before. Twenty seconds of thorough scrubbing with soap, because soap is a pretty magical substance,
Soap contains detergent molecules that surrounds fats or lipids, and lipids are what partly coronavirus membranes are made up of. So, when detergent molecules meet a virus they force its membranes to open and thus breaking its architecture to make it inactive.
Experts also recommends cleaning frequently used surfaces, because studies showed that coronavirus can live on surfaces for days.
The End Notes
All of these things started with a single virus, in the entire world. So we need to cut the chain of spreading until we get a vaccine for this. So small things we do can help a lot.
Well, I am learning here about this Virus daily and I'll try to update you with the real facts and no jokes. That's all for today. Have a good one.
Cheers!
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