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COVID maths: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can – The Tribune India
As per British mathematician, there are around 2 quintillion — or 2 billion billion — SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the world at any one time
London, February 10
All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by miniscule viral particles.
Using global rates of new infections with the pandemic disease, coupled with estimations of viral load, Bath University maths expert Kit Yates worked out there are around two quintillion — or two billion billion — SARS-CoV-2 virus particles…
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