Virus and vaccine experts, Dr Lisa Sedger and and Professor Michael Wallach from the University of Technology Sydney, answer questions from The Conversation's readers about coronavirus and COVID-19. Presenter: Sunanda Creagh.
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Questions:
0:38 – How long can this virus survive at various temperatures
on a surface, like a door handle or counter at a public place?
1:53 – What does it look like when a virus invades a cell?
4:06 – What are the real symptoms of COVID-19?
5:51 – Should people cancel travel plans, considering the virus is already here? Does travelling make the spread worse?
7:22 – Why are we making a bigger deal about the Coronavirus than the flu?
9:26 – How far off is a vaccine?
11:37 – Isn't lining up at fever clinics only going to make the problem worse?
12:57 – How does the virus respond to temperature? Is it like the flu, which thrives in cold weather?
14:13 – How should we be reacting? Are the people panic-buying
right, or is it too soon to really worry?
19:18 – Can you catch it twice?
20:07 – What percentage of the population is likely to get the virus
and what will the body count eventually look like?
22:24 – When do we stop testing and just assume everyone with
"the sniffles" has it?
24:17 – How likely is it that everyday Australians will catch it?
Is handwashing really the only thing we can do to stop it?
25:30 – Is the death rate likely to be lower in Australia, where
fewer people smoke than in other countries (like China)?
27:11 – What's the likelihood of transmission from using a public
swimming pool?
27:37 – How does quarantine work in a family?
28:50 – Once you've recovered from Coronavirus, can you just go
back to your normal, non-isolated life?
30:05 – Final thoughts
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Presenter: Sunanda Creagh
Interviewees: Dr Lisa Sedger and Professor Michael Wallach
Thanks to UTS postgraduate.futures for production assistance
Edited by Wes Mountain
Music: Blue Dot Sessions - Sage (freemusicarchive.org)
