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Sunlight Destroys (Wuhan) Virus Quickly
Yahoo News ^ | 4-18-2020 | Winter and Weinberger

Posted on 04/18/2020 11:00:42 AM PDT by ocrp1982

Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find, but experts say pandemic could last through summer.

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To: ocrp1982
Sunlight Destroys (Wuhan) Virus Quickly 4/18/2020, 2:00:42 PM · by ocrp1982 · 95 replies Yahoo News ^ | 4-18-2020 | Winter and Weinberger Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find, but experts say pandemic could last through summer. Preliminary results from government lab experiments show that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence fromcontrolled tests of what scientists believed — but had not yet proved — to be true...Simulated sunlight “rapidly killed the virus in aerosols,” the briefing says, while without that treatment, “no significant loss of virus was detected in 60 minutes.”

"But experts say..." I should be common sense that rather than being cooped up, being outside in the sun is both good for health and bad for a virus. Do we think that the reason there is a flu "season" usually in Winter is because the flu picks those months, or because more people are inside? Which is supposed to be the main solution for not spreading Covid.

101 posted on 04/18/2020 1:57:54 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: rktman

Where is the money in that?


102 posted on 04/18/2020 2:01:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: lakecumberlandvet

The same clymers erected Barry-cades on public grounds when President obama closed the government.


103 posted on 04/18/2020 2:03:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: apostoli

UV rays penetrate clouds and even rain. Its also stronger the closer you get to the equator. You might want to do a little research before acting like an azzhole.


104 posted on 04/18/2020 2:06:33 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: ocrp1982

It makes sense that a bat virus dies in sunlight.


105 posted on 04/18/2020 2:09:16 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ocrp1982

Yep.... and the sun rises in the east.... water is wet etc.....

Almost all virus die in sunlight.....

BTW, intense UV light will kill it in seconds....


106 posted on 04/18/2020 2:28:37 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: nevergore

BTW, an intense UV light will kill it in seconds...

Yes. UVC specifically. But, intense UVC light is harmful to the eyes and skin. You can buy those bulbs but, you cannot be in the room when they are illuminated. There are special filter glasses you must wear when in the room.
Many of those bulbs come as kits with a remote control socket so you can turn the thing on and off after you’ve left the room.


107 posted on 04/18/2020 2:40:12 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: OrangeHoof

I want duck season or rabbit season.

Baseball means nothing to me.


108 posted on 04/18/2020 2:41:04 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: existentially_kuffer

Buy some tan through stuff from Cooltan.com.


109 posted on 04/18/2020 2:42:28 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: ocrp1982

I want to know what the banks are doing to sanitize their stock in trade.


110 posted on 04/18/2020 2:42:45 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Guayaquil has 2.7 million people over 122 sq. miles of land. Population density 22,000/sq. mile. At 13 feet above sea level, there is not much UV sunlight. The poor neighborhoods have 50,000+ per square mile. That allows an average of 12 feet between people. Any travel requires you to get less than 6 feet from the nearest person. Walking one mile in the Guayaquil ghetto would put you within 6 feet of 850 different people. Ecuador - 456 dead (whole country) of 17 million. 26 deaths per million people. Compare to New York State - 901 deaths/million. New York City - even higher.

OTOH, Hong Kong reports just 4 deaths in 3 months. 7.5 million people on 1,060 square miles. Masks, gloves, and social isolation.


111 posted on 04/18/2020 2:46:49 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: ocrp1982

SOOOO__Forcing everyone to stay inside is keeping this going longer???


112 posted on 04/18/2020 2:49:48 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ballplayer

Just until election day then it will disappear


from TV and the newspapers. And only if President Trump loses in the electoral college.


113 posted on 04/18/2020 2:52:42 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: madison10

In Michigan, gardening stores are closed. You can still go to the liquor stores (open) and buy lottery tickets. And, somehow, Detriot is most affected.


114 posted on 04/18/2020 2:58:53 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: M Kehoe

We need sunlight on the Deep State. Maybe that will kill it.


Takes more than sunlight. I’ve heard that 1000 joules of X-rays per congresscritter should clear up the mess.


115 posted on 04/18/2020 3:11:45 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

95%+ of UV gets blocked by ozone. Still, it’s enough to kill an unprotected person in a few hours or less at the equator. Protection = clothes, hair, shade, tanned skin.


116 posted on 04/18/2020 3:15:38 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: bIlluminati

You’re probably right about a combination of poor habits and poor people causing a lot of problems. I have been checking out Cuenca because a lot of expats live there and they aren’t having anything close to the problems Guayaquil is.


117 posted on 04/18/2020 3:35:49 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: wally_bert
I want duck season or rabbit season.

Thank you, Elmer Fudd.

118 posted on 04/18/2020 3:41:36 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: hsmomx3
Yup.


119 posted on 04/18/2020 3:45:21 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: catnipman

Don’t have anymore store bought masks but I have hung my old ones in my cars front mirror thinking the same thing.


120 posted on 04/18/2020 3:47:55 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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