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To: datura

We might see some relief ahead. Higher humidity speeds inactivation of the virus. With enough humidity, higher temperatures also help.

Human Coronaviruses: Insights into Environmental Resistance and Its Influence on the Development of New Antiseptic Strategies
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509683/

Effects of Air Temperature and Relative Humidity on Coronavirus Survival on Surfaces
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2863430/

https://news.yahoo.com/know-wuhan-coronavirus-221957061.html


19 posted on 02/09/2020 11:39:22 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

Very interesting. Temps in Southern China reach 40 in the summer, humidity off the charts. (Damn I hate going there in the summer...)


21 posted on 02/09/2020 11:45:59 PM PST by datura
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