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| Sunlight, heat and humidity weaken coronavirus, U.S. official says |
| 2020-04-25 |
| [YNet] - The coronavirus appears to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight, heat and humidity, a U.S. official said on Thursday in a potential sign that the pandemic could become less contagious in summer months. U.S. government researchers have determined that the virus survives best indoors and in dry conditions, and loses potency when temperatures and humidity rise - and especially when it is exposed to sunlight, said William Bryan, acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate. "The virus dies quickest in the presence of direct sunlight," he told a White House news briefing. I guess that explains why California doubling time is so low. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #15 "Let the light in!" -- D. Trump |
| Posted by: KBK 2020-04-25 17:15 |
| #14 ^ Snark O' The Day |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-25 14:08 |
| #13 If you are nice they might let you play in the orchestra. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-25 11:17 |
| #12 All anecdotes. In the New Stateâ„¢ I'll be executed for sharing them. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-25 11:16 |
| #11 First spring in three years I have not had acute bronchitis onset in early April. Pollen here is insane this year, but it's been so dry up until last week that mold has been a non issue. Rainy season arrives now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-25 11:15 |
| #10 Florida is fine. It's mostly the attitude, which is fed by the sun. We'll be one of the states that busts the quarantine hoax narrative, for sure. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-25 11:12 |
| #9 Yea, but Bobby, Clem the virus is not natural - it's engineered. So, until we actually seen it, we couldn't know if it's vulnerable. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-25 10:35 |
| #8 /\. That's crazy talk! |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-25 08:40 |
| #7 sunlight, heat and humidity Ya mean, like, springtime? Almost like other upper respiratory viral infections! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-04-25 08:18 |
| #6 Being bedridden in an old age/nursing home isn't known for regular strolls in the solarium. Sunlight or the UV spectrum? You know the kind linked to skin cancer. On that corollary, the Navajo certain experience significant exposure to sunlight and at a higher than average altitude (less atmospheric protection). Evolution in the environment may have provided protection against the negative aspects of sunlight which would then make them more susceptible. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-25 07:49 |
| #5 So Global Warming's not turning out so bad now, is it lefties? |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-25 06:46 |
| #4 96 degrees in east San Diego County yesterday |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-25 04:19 |
| #3 ^Florida is, actually, IMO, better off than California. Florida is past the peak. California just starting. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-25 04:12 |
| #2 No reports that I am aware of that there were tens of thousands of infected people in Florida for the Super Bowl. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-25 01:21 |
| #1 And Florida? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-04-25 01:03 |