Coronavirus in a Coke Can
Kit Yates explains how he calculated that all the SARS-CoV-2 in the world would fit inside a Coke can - and discusses "Fermi Estimates".
A little extra from this interview on Numberphile2: https://youtu.be/4qVM5CbKnF8
Kit Yates website: https://kityates.com
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The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions in an infected person: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.16.20232009v1
Inferred duration of infectious period of SARS-CoV-2: rapid scoping review and analysis of available evidence for asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 cases: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/8/e039856
