How long can the flu virus live on a dollar bill?

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asked May 17, 2018 in Other- Health by K Edison (500 points)
How long can the flu virus live on a dollar bill?

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answered May 17, 2018 by Adf289 (58,200 points)
For most surfaces the flu virus can live up to 48 hours but for the paper that the dollar bills and other paper money is made from the flu virus can reportedly live up to 17 full days on the dollar bill or other paper money.

Handling dollar bills and other paper money is a way to catch all sorts of germs and the flu virus but we don't think anything of it.

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