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More sunlight equals less COVID transmission, new study suggests
Accuweather ^ | 1/23/21 | Mark Puleo

Posted on 01/25/2021 10:10:35 AM PST by justlittleoleme

As if the winter darkness doesn't present its own health challenges in a non-pandemic year, a recent study suggests that the sun's lack of intensity in the coldest months of this year might also be enhancing the transmission of COVID-19. However, that also means good news may be on the horizon, literally, as an increase in sunlight could shine hope in the battle against coronavirus transmission.

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A recent study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that UV light has a particularly significant effect on the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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"Following this UV shock, we see this dip in cases, but we don’t know what causes that," Proctor said. "It could be that the virus is deactivated [by UV light], which would suggest that something like sterilizing using UV lamps could be beneficial," he said.


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KEYWORDS: chinavirus; covid; uv
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To: Neverlift

So it’s fishy...


41 posted on 01/25/2021 11:55:40 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Nifster

Taht is why I spent all summer outside naked. Little chilly to do that now.


42 posted on 01/25/2021 12:28:42 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: justlittleoleme
Now we know Joe Biden’s plan! Tilt the earth’s axis so it’ll always be summer!

43 posted on 01/25/2021 1:07:15 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: Malsua

Took my Vit D-3 this morning and just came in from a little chore outside in the sunshine.


44 posted on 01/25/2021 1:24:42 PM PST by bgill (."Salute the Marines")
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To: Malsua

Took 50 mcg D3 and 1000 Vit C this morning and just came in from picking a pail of pecans in the sunshine.


45 posted on 01/25/2021 1:30:53 PM PST by bgill (."Salute the Marines")
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To: oldasrocks

😂😂😂


46 posted on 01/25/2021 1:45:40 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the cloudso)
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To: oldasrocks

People complain when I do that


47 posted on 01/25/2021 1:46:07 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the cloudso)
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To: justlittleoleme

It is the Vitamin D, folks. The “sunshine vitamin” (really a hormone) is critical to the immune system, and exposure to it in warmer weather is why the flu is prevalent in the late Fall and Winter, and not in the late Spring and Summer.

Keep your levels of D up, and you’ll have a much stronger immune system to fight whatever disease is out there. My (non-doctor) advice is to have at least 5,000 IU (125 mg>)/day, which costs about a nickel a day when you buy a bottle at Costco or Sam’s Club. Have it with a fatty meal for better absorption. As a bonus, it’ll help keep your bones stronger.

Do your own research, but this is what you’re going to find.


48 posted on 01/25/2021 1:52:02 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”)
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To: justlittleoleme

And yet they locked up our outdoor basketball and tennis courts most of last summer!


49 posted on 01/25/2021 2:27:42 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: justlittleoleme

I’ve been laying out in the Sun a few times per week, getting
some on all four sides.

During the Summer I spend 4 minutes per side.

In the Winter I spent 8.

I always feel good after laying out like that.


50 posted on 01/25/2021 3:00:12 PM PST by DoughtyOne (There is no next time Mitch. Aren't you proud now...)
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To: justlittleoleme

I have my groceries delivered every week and the look of fear in the delivery person who is usually in their 20’s is epic. Their eyes get wide as they see me waiting with no mask...


51 posted on 01/25/2021 8:47:34 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Steve Van Doorn

#22 Nice tan, nice legs.


52 posted on 01/25/2021 8:49:26 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: hoe_cake

#25 Howard and pink eye (Big Bang Theory ref)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxhK-5DCng


53 posted on 01/25/2021 8:52:02 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: justlittleoleme

Vitamin D deficiency being a major correlation to bad outcomes for Covid has been known since APRIL!!!

Whole thing is garbage and lies...


54 posted on 01/25/2021 8:53:05 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: minnesota_bound

LOL. Thanks for the chuckle. Love that show.


55 posted on 01/26/2021 7:57:55 AM PST by hoe_cake
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To: justlittleoleme

1. UV light.

2. Sunlight’s relationship to Vitamin D in humans.

Both of those factors retard the progress of the Wuhan bug.


56 posted on 01/26/2021 8:54:11 AM PST by Wuli
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