Posted on 02/12/2020 5:36:11 AM PST by 11th_VA
With the death toll climbing each day, fear and uncertainty have spread farther and farther around the globe as coronavirus continues to captivate the world’s attention. However, John Nicholls, a pathology professor at the University of Hong Kong, says he knows when the virus will become inactive.
In a private conference call organized last week by CLSA, a brokerage firm based in Hong Kong, investment analysts had a chance to ask Nicholls, one of the world's foremost experts on the topic, questions about the novel coronavirus. News of the private conference call was first reported by The Financial Times, and in the days since the call, more details of Nicholls' analysis have surfaced on social media and elsewhere online, including a transcript of the call.
The transcript of the call showed Nicholls believes weather conditions will be a key factor in the demise of the novel coronavirus. Referencing the SARS outbreak from 2002 and 2003, Nicholls said he thinks similar weather factors will also shut down the spread of the novel coronavirus.
"Three things the virus does not like: 1. Sunlight, 2. Temperature, and 3. Humidity," Nicholls said in response to a question about when he thinks confirmed cases will peak, the transcript showed.
"Sunlight will cut the virus' ability to grow in half so the half-life will be 2.5 minutes and in the dark it's about 13 to 20 [minutes]," Nicholls said. "Sunlight is really good at killing viruses."
For that reason, he also added that he doesn't expect areas such as Australia, Africa and the Southern hemisphere to see high rates of infection because they are in the middle of summer...
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
I love experts. They believe they are never wrong.
Haven’t heard anything from South America, South Africa. Australia and Antarctica.
Dr. Rebecca Katz, the director of the Center for Global Health Studies at Georgetown University, said that there is too much we don’t know before making a generalization like that.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, appears in concordance with Trump, and recommends preventing catching of the coronavirus by using “a room humidifier” or “taking a hot shower.”
We’ll see if cases show a downward trend once spring sets in.
I've learned to trust the Magic 8-Ball over "expert opinions".
The good ol' 8-Ball has a better track record.
He is basically making educated guesses based on previous coronavirus behavior. Not all coronaviruses behave the same way.
As far as I know, the coronavirus that kills cats is not seasonal.
Looking forward to summer here in Phoenix for once.
Flu viruses are typically seasonal. If there’s a break from the pattern, we’ll soon know.
Never mind the reasoning, just attack the person.
He seems to be addressing this particular virus:
“Three things the virus does not like: 1. Sunlight, 2. Temperature, and 3. Humidity,” Nicholls said in response to a question about when he thinks confirmed cases will peak, the transcript showed.
“Sunlight will cut the virus’ ability to grow in half so the half-life will be 2.5 minutes and in the dark it’s about 13 to 20 [minutes],” Nicholls said. “Sunlight is really good at killing viruses.”
Weatherman claim to be ‘experts’ too. Enough said?
Is that why China is building 100,000 new beds?
Can’t even get to the AccuWeather web site now
Huh?? They're called COLDS. The name didn't come from "health experts" it came from the people who get them. It happens in the COLD!
Just a precaution. Better safe than sorry.
I was thinking the same thing!
Sounds reasonable to me! / S
Just more hysteria from the same crowd that said in 2014 that Ebola was going to wipe out Africa. Then as soon as the midterms were over... poof, it disappeared.
The virus seems to really like 98.8 F.
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