Well everyone, scientists are confirming that COVID-19 isn't just an airborne virus.

We all know that the novel coronavirus, along with other viruses in the same family, typically spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes without covering their mouths. The infected airborne particles then spreads further when it lands or is inhaled by someone else.

So if you wanna stay safe, we recommend that you stay at least six feet (two meters) away from anyone who's showing symptoms of being sick.

But now, scientists have found research that suggests a new way for COVID-19 to spread.

And it has to do with fecal matter. Better known as your poop.

It's a doo doo!

A recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the key to killing most viruses is simply by cleaning your surrounding surfaces and floors routinely.

In that study that included three coronavirus patients in Singapore, samples taken from the toilet bowls and sinks in the patients' rooms were tested as positive for the virus. Meaning, the toilet was one of the most contaminated areas.

Which leads to another study done by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In that study, researchers found that virus particles could be found in coronavirus patients' poop or blood even if it was previously undetected.

In fact, China's National Health Commission has confirmed that the virus can spread through contaminated poop, according to the South China Morning Post.

So how does it spread from our poop?

Don't shake hands if your hands aren't clean y'all. IMAGE: Cytonn Photography/Unsplash

Here's the gross part: Apparently some people don't wash their hands after using the toilet.

A multi-national public opinion poll by Harris Interactive and RB recently surveyed an increase in positive hygiene behavior amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

Out of the 11 countries surveyed, there has been an increased in prevention methods, most notably washing your hands after using the restroom. The results?

Malaysia with the highest level of increased hand-washing (76 percent), followed by Thailand (75 percent), China (74 percent), Japan (60 percent), and India (58 percent), according to PR Newswire.

British and German respondents were the least concerned about the virus, only reporting an increase in handwashing of 35 percent and 40 percent, respectively.

"This survey shows that while concern about the novel coronavirus is high, it is encouraging to see that people are already adapting their hygiene behaviours such as handwashing," Lisa Ackerley, a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner and Hygiene Expert, said.

That's right. People are only just starting to wash their hands more frequently. What they were doing previously I honestly don't want to know.

COVID-19 is not the only coronavirus to spread through poop. Remember SARS?

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Back during the 2003 SARS outbreak, there had been an instance where a person infected by SARS had diarrhea in an apartment building, which the virus then traveled through the pipes to infect the other residents living in the building.

In that case, the drainage pipes were faulty. Causing negative pressure to allow fecal droplets to be sucked out of the sewage system and into the bathroom, landing onto floor mats, towels, and toiletries, as reported by Business Insider.

I know. Gross.

Although COVID-19 doesn't have diarrhea as a symptom, and I pray it won't, the first case of the three coronavirus patients in Singapore still had their poop tested as positive for the virus even when it was just normal poop.

So what can you do? Not go to the toilet ever again?

The case for washing your butt and why it's far superior than wiping.

Don't worry, you don't need to be that drastic.

But it certainly helps to make sure that you clean your butt really well after using the bathroom. Which leads to the argument of whether you should wipe with toilet paper and use the bidet if it's accessible for you.

And please for the love of god, make sure to disinfect your surrounding surfaces and floor.

In the meantime, read our workplace memo and travel advisory guide. It wouldn't hurt to be more prepared during these COVID-19-filled times.

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