Coronavirus may easily spread from flushing the toilet

[Mike Wehner]

• Scientists say they found high levels of coronavirus in the poop of COVID-19 patients.
• The researchers suggest that aerosolized feces — tiny poop particles floating in the air — could spread the disease to healthy people.
• Aerosolized feces can be created by flushing a toilet after using it, recent studies have found.

Determining how the novel coronavirus spreads is a big factor in keeping people safe. We already know that it can easily be passed from one person to another via droplets from the mouth or nose that may enter the respiratory system of a healthy person, but there are other routes of transmission that are only just now being studied.

One possibility that has been presented by scientists is that the fecal matter of coronavirus patients may hold the live virus. New research out of China suggests that's the case, and warns that potential fecal-oral and fecal-respiratory transmission should be studied further.

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