Heard said, warm temps./ sunshine will kill coronavirus

montanajoe

We just got 3 inches of snow and 10 degrees.  Got one confirmed local case.  That has caused all stores to empty out.  

Brookwood

I have read a lot of things that seemed to make a bit of sense.  Another is that the virus may go dormant when we get into the warmer months.   Then I read that Australia, is in its summer months and one of the warmest on record.  Still having many active infections going on down there. 

Getting harder and harder to put any kind of knowledgeable logic to any of this these last few days. Just a week ago things around here were pretty normal. Today it is madness!   

SCOUT5

Warm weather doesn't kill a virus.  What warm weather does is get people out doors more reducing close personal contact and repeated exposures.

truthful

Dr. Jeremy Brown is an ER doctor who has studied influenza viruses for years. His book "Influenza" is primarily a study of the deadly1918 so-called "Spanish Flu", where it originated, how it spread, and it's mysterious disappearance leaving world-wide devastation behind. The US had a population of about 100 million at the time, and about 675,000 died from the flu. Scaling that up to today's population, that would be over 2 million deaths.

Dr. Brown points out that the annual flu shot we are all encouraged to get, is never more than 50-60% effective, and some years it is as low as 10%. And he labels over the counter, and prescription anti-flu medications as nearly useless. What he says does help is warmth and humidity. He points out that every year the temperate zone is hit hard but the tropics are hit very lightly. We see that with the Coronavirus also. Look at the red circles on the Johns Hopkins map. Africa and South America have a few small red dots and those are nearly all due to international travelers.

montanajoe

So, it's o.k. that it snowed???

mark christian

Cold temperatures are typically dry, and flu viruses like low humidity which allows them to travel freely without moist/heavy air slowing them down. When I lived in SoCal, which is essentially a desert, during the winter I ran a humidifier in my bedroom every night with eucalyptus oil and I seldom caught a cold. Even without the concern about getting a cold, it was a lot easier sleeping at night with the humidifier. Florida doesn't have a dry air problem. All I have to do now is to NOT run the dehumidifier at night to be comfortable.

Beeramid

It was 86 here today, and coronavirus is in town, but hasn't been revealed publicly yet. I sure hope heat and humidity kills, or slows this down, my wife is an RN and will be on the frontlines. 👎😬

Mr. Perfect

mark christian said:

Cold temperatures are typically dry, and flu viruses like low humidity which allows them to travel freely without moist/heavy air slowing them down. When I lived in SoCal, which is essentially a desert, during the winter I ran a humidifier in my bedroom every night with eucalyptus oil and I seldom caught a cold. Even without the concern about getting a cold, it was a lot easier sleeping at night with the humidifier. Florida doesn't have a dry air problem. All I have to do now is to NOT run the dehumidifier at night to be comfortable.

All true. We had some fun weather here over the weekend. Somewhere between two inches and five feet of snow (depending on where you measure in my yard) coupled with 50mph winds. Fun times.

SCOUT5

truthful said:

. We see that with the Coronavirus also. Look at the red circles on the Johns Hopkins map. Africa and South America have a few small red dots and those are nearly all due to international travelers. 

International travelers is how it got spread.   There just aren't as many from infected areas going to Africa.