Health
Is it true that all of the coronavirus in the world could fit in a coke can? – The Independent
When I set out to calculate the total volume of the coronavirus in the world, I honestly had no idea how much it would be, writes Christian Yates
When I was asked to calculate the total volume of Sars-CoV-2 in the world for the BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, I will admit I had no idea what the answer would be. My wife suggested it would be the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Either that or a teaspoon, she said. Its usually one or the other with these sorts of questions.
So how to set about calculating an approximation of what the total volume really is? Fortunately, I have some form with these sorts of large-scale back-of-the-envelope estimations,…
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