We should be able to develop a "smoke detector" for coronavirus. Now, if we had, in all our large public rooms, a detector that went off when the virus was detected in the air, wouldn't that be wonderful?
Oh, people would be fleeing for the doors when it went off, but it would still be a wonderful little tool in the fight against coronavirus.
And, it sure seems it ought to be possible. I read of how they have took readings in the hospital rooms of patients to determine if virus microbes are in the air. I would guess, though, that those readings might not be specific to the coronavirus, but to germs in the air, period, although I could be wrong on that.
Either way, such a machine should be possible. If it is already specific to the coronavirus, that means we just need to get it to be used widespread. If it is not already specific to coronavirus, I believe it could be. Five days after the coronavirus was isolated, Chinese scientists published what is called the virus' genetic sequence. I wonder, if with us knowing the genetic sequence, if a machine could be made that measures the coronavirus microbes floating in the air. Maybe the two -- the genetic sequence and detecting microbes in the air have no connection, though. I don't know.
Still, this might be possible -- a "smoke detector." Coronavirus enters the room, and bang!, the alarm goes off. It would be a wonderful little invention.
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