JBowyer

congratulations for being one of the very few rational posters from the start of this idiotic response to a bad flu. Our countries hysterical response has caused untold damage for generations to come. China laughs again. Oh for a Trump!

Alan B is being purposely misleading.
COVID-19 is neither high virulent (deadly) or highly contagious as the info in this link shows.
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=9287#312408

So his suggested actions may actually be more harmful as even social distancing is an unnecessary medical intervention weakening natural immunity. Also the masks which can physically scar faces and are pointless as virus can be contracted via eyes.

Other coronavirus (they're even in pets) have been tested with life up to 28 days. There are over 200 types of coronavirus. So many that there are 4 groups. A common cold is a coronavirus, but would we care if it had surface life of 28 days. Would we mask up for it, shut up our businesses, socially distance? No! Why, because it is not lethal to vast majority of the population & the same can clearly be said about COVID-19 based on data.

The CSIRO test confirms the faster breakdown in heat was key in the study. It shows the virus is likely to be a winter virus. Locking people up in their homes as the weather is clearly now warming may be physically dangerous.