Posted on 02/14/2020 4:45:21 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Humidity does it in via making the droplets fall sooner. Heat breaks down the proteins.
This does not mean it's still not infectious, it's just a lot harder to catch since it isn't literally, everywhere.
Droplet size being small is why it's so easy to be exposed. The droplets travel a long way, but in high humidity, the water clumps and drops out of the air faster.
MERS was very difficult to catch but humidity seem to have little to no effect on it. COVID-19 seems to be exactly the opposite.
It affects transmission. It doesn't destroy it. Humidity makes it harder to catch.
“Clever....as a health care worker I can imagine in the future there could be a market for this as innovative but fun PPE”
https://twitter.com/rogersqueen/status/1228477774656045056
Singapore population is so concentrated in some places that it’s like the cruise ship.
So it might not be a good place to test the ‘heat and humidity’ angle.
The conclusion is a sign of why it is so hard to defeat. -Tom
From the article-
Conclusions: Human coronaviruses can remain infectious on inanimate surfaces for up to 9 days.
Hong Kong: The Education Bureau has announced that schools will not resume classes before March 16 owing to the #coronavirus outbreak.
Singapore population is so concentrated in some places that it’s like the cruise ship.
So it might not be a good place to test the ‘heat and humidity’ angle.
Unfortunately much of urban Honolulu is the same.
Just noticed they are “rounding up” the cases to the nearest 00 these days.
Someone was looking for this...
here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body
Coronavirus organ damage.
True.
And that Japanese guy that went through visited at the worst possible time: just before, and as, his symptoms appeared.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1228505416608423936
Singapore is the canary in the coal mine—if they can’t stop it we’re all screwed.
The lethality of the disease will pale in comparison with the lethality of logistical supply problems. In China today, some cities will arrest you with a war crime violation if you leave your house without permission.
Looks like one has to be a subscriber.
Can you summarize?
No Luck Dragons in this one, unfortunately.
They apparently were trying to develop the vaccine before the disease. So this is somewhere between disease and vaccine. Really bad. Worse case possibility.
Try link in 73.
They need more than N95 if truelly airborne, but the face shields help with the clumpy partickes.
I tried. It didn’t work. Must subscribe.
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