someone sneezed on my coat. when will it be safe to wear again? i left it in the car for the germs to die. thanks.
2007-02-03 15:52:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Normal viruses and bacteria are allergic to air. Only wildly mutated strains make it to the airborne stage by developing specialized protein coatings. Since a normal virus's or bacteria's environment is in a body it doesn't normally develop this kind of protection. Only by low odd freak development. Now in your case if someone were to say..... hock a loogie on your coat I wouldn't wear it until it was cleaned. There is no air in the center of the mucous mass so germs will live there longer. If you left it out in the cold that would kill them no matter how much snot they were encased in though.
2007-02-03 17:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by mazaker2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haha. This is rather amusing way of dealing with it. ; )
Both bacteria and viruses can only survive a minute or so outside of a host. So, provided you dont immediately touch the sneeze fluid and rub any mucous membrane (eyes, ears, mouth or nose), you shud be ok to leave it on.
2007-02-03 15:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 23:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by vanwagoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋