It isn’t the mucus as much as humidity playing a role. Still, without the host cell, a virus cannot survive; however, it does have a short window of time during which it can function in hopes of attaching to (infecting) a new host. 1-3 days is a very loose rule but even if you grab something teeming with pathogens they can only enter thr…
It isn’t the mucus as much as humidity playing a role. Still, without the host cell, a virus cannot survive; however, it does have a short window of time during which it can function in hopes of attaching to (infecting) a new host. 1-3 days is a very loose rule but even if you grab something teeming with pathogens they can only enter through epithelial cells that make up the lining of our nasal passages, tear ducts, etc. This is the way it’s always been. That’s a big reason why 10 years ago when I had influenza A, nobody else living in my house caught it.
It isn’t the mucus as much as humidity playing a role. Still, without the host cell, a virus cannot survive; however, it does have a short window of time during which it can function in hopes of attaching to (infecting) a new host. 1-3 days is a very loose rule but even if you grab something teeming with pathogens they can only enter through epithelial cells that make up the lining of our nasal passages, tear ducts, etc. This is the way it’s always been. That’s a big reason why 10 years ago when I had influenza A, nobody else living in my house caught it.