claim: tests indicate coronavirus cannot survive in the air
evidence_1: a study awaiting peer review from scientists at princeton university, the university of california-los angeles and the national institutes of health (nih) posted online wednesday indicated that the covid-19 virus could remain viable in the air \"up to 3 hours post aerosolization,\" while remaining alive on plastic and other surfaces for up to three days.", "advertisement the test results suggest that humans could be infected by the disease simply carried through the air or on a solid surface, even if direct contact with an infected person does not occur.", 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "\"our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of hcov-19 is plausible, as the virus can remain viable in aerosols for multiple hours and on surfaces up to days,\" reads the study's abstract.")