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To: stylin19a
"It was 95-100 degrees in Inda and Saudi Arabia in April(their spring time)and their COVID count was going thru the roof."

A helpful Freeper posted a link to an article recently that proposed that the actual mechanism that reduces viruses in summer is humidity and not temperature. I believe that summer in Saudi Arabia is probably very dry. Perhaps not the case in India; I don't know.

The paper I read used the word "sedimentation" to describe the idea that infectious droplets exhaled by an infected person could last longer in the air in less humid conditions. High humidity would preserve the size of exhaled droplets or possibly enlarge them. The larger, heavier droplets then settle quickly to the ground.

If low humidity causes droplets to decrease in size, this apparently allows them to stay suspended in the air for much longer and raises the chances of infecting a nearby person.

19 posted on 07/08/2020 10:26:38 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: William Tell

Houston is one of the most humid places, in the country...and, is (reportedly) having a huge summer spike.

Lots of outdoor protesting, a few weeks ago.


20 posted on 07/08/2020 10:30:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: William Tell
Thanks for that but it's not summer everywhere...and is cold season the same time everywhere ?

I was commenting specifically about the statement:

"So: Sars-Cov-2 isn’t all that new, but merely a seasonal cold virus that mutated and disappears in summer, as all cold viri do — which is what we’re observing globally right now."

Taiwan had less infections ...75 degrees in April...low 80's in May and high 80's in June\July, than Saudi & India for the same period


29 posted on 07/09/2020 6:07:50 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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