We know that Covid-19 is extremely contagious and is transmitted mainly by the respiratory route and by physical contact; the transmission by respiratory route taking place in the droplets of saliva expelled by the patient when he coughs or sneezes for example; droplets that we remember can persist for several hours in the air. Hence the imperative need to scrupulously respect the obligation of social distancing when you go out shopping but above all not to mess with confinement.
In addition, contamination can occur after touching an infected object and then bringing your hand to your face.The virus can persist for two to three days on plastic or stainless steel surfaces, and up to 24 hours on cardboard.
Similarly, Patrick Pelloux, president of the Association of Emergency Physicians of France, advises against wearing a beard and mustache in which the Covid-19 last “several hours .
But what about flatulence? This is the question posed by the site Futura Sciences whose editorial action is, it should be remembered, supported by prestigious sponsors such as Axel Khan, Claudie Haigneré or Yann Arthus-Bertrand to name but a few. An article titled "Coronavirus:Are Farts Contagious?" » which tells us that “very many viruses are otherwise excreted in the feces. Hence the legitimacy of this question!
Well no ! To the author of the article to quote the conclusions of a study made on the subject by the British Medical Journal , one of the most widely read general medicine journals in the world.
The latter who therefore reported the experience of Luke Tennent, a microbiologist from Canberra during which the Australian scientist asked a colleague to fart five centimeters away, once dressed and once with the pants down , in two Petri dishes (shallow transparent cylindrical box, made of glass or plastic, provided with a lid).
Thus he found that during the night, bacteria usually present in the intestines and on the skin germinated in the second Petri dish but not in the first dish, "suggesting that the clothes act as a filter says the article.
However, this study was carried out before the coronavirus pandemic; also the Futuranous article learns that the Center for Control and Prevention (CDC) of Tongzhou in China, also specified that flatulence "does not constitute a priori not a vector of transmission of the virus”. A priori because no study has proven that the gases do not contain infectious particles. This is how these scientists preferred to suggest that “ in the event that a person is naked or emits a large amount of gas, contamination may be possible ". Here is ! We now leave you to your fertile imagination.
