Sunlight, heat and humidity weaken coronavirus, U.S. official says

[Surelynot]

Don't forget your daily injection of bleach...........please.

[samran]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Washington State Emergency Management Agency felt compelled to issue an advisory:

WA Emergency Management
@waEMD·4h

Please don't eat tide pods or inject yourself with any kind of disinfectant. 

If you do need help with #COVID19 issues, we have lots of resources at https://coronavirus.wa.gov

Just don't make a bad situation worse.

 

"...suppose you brought the light inside the body..."

 

 

 

 

Remember we are taking about a bloke who thinks the sun shines out of his own @rse...

[Justgrazing]

5 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

 

... lol, hilarious ... just stick some UV light up your rear and sniff plenty of desinfectants then, 555 ...

 

Sounds like excellent advice to me - as usual, coming from the stable hobby-virologist.

 

One of the gems he uttered 

" I'm not a doctor but, I'm, like a person that has a good you know what " !!

Then he puts Birx on the spot asking if she'd ever heard of the " heat and the light " being used to treat CV .. Lol .. classic 

Edited April 24, 2020 by Justgrazing
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[bluesofa]

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

On nonporous surfaces like stainless steel, the virus takes 18 hours to lose half its strength in a dark, low-humidity environment, Bryan said.

 

In a high-humidity environment, that half-life dropped to six hours, and when the virus was exposed to high humidity and sunlight, the half-life dropped to two minutes, he said.

The original research I saw, published in March found that:

 

"SARS-CoV-2 was more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on copper and cardboard, and viable virus was detected up to 72 hours after application to these surfaces."

source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?query=featured_home 

 

Have things changed, or have I misunderstood something?

 

[samran]

19 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Have things changed, or have I misunderstood something?

Yes, since this study was done nearly 50,000 Americans have died on the Donald’s watch, so he urgently needs another distraction.

[marko kok prong]

What about the light bulbs/globes he uses they turned him orange,maybe them,a bleach enema,who knows but the Don.

[Gulfsailor]

Last month I did some reading into far UV-C light. It can penetrate a virus and destroys its RNA within seconds, yet cannot get into human cells as these are too large. They are now manufacturing these lights for hospital disinfection. I then also wondered what would happen if you put such a light source inside a human lung. As soon as the replicated virusses leave a human cell they get killed by the UVC before they can enter and take over another human cell. This might be what doctors are starting to look into and this is what Trump heard. Of course the noob as he is he only understood it partially so his comments on this make him look very silly, but the idea of inserting a light source disinfectant inside the body certainly has potential in theory. 

[simple1]

6 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I have seen Dr Berg on Youtube videos many times stating that vitamin D which is predominantly sourced from the sun, helps to build the immune system up, that said, I see a lot of dark Thai's here, could these guys have such good immune systems that the virus doesn't affect them or make them asymptomatic to it ?

 

There is no real scientific evidence at the moment to state that the virus is less susceptible to warmer and humid conditions that I have read, but it is an interesting discussion and could well provide some light on the low numbers here in Thailand ?

 

 

As you know we have just finished a hot summer here in Oz. No one in the scientific community has claimed the relatively low incidence of Covid is due to sun / heat. Rather strong mitigation efforts with self isolation, distancing, test. trace and quarantine has been the answer.

[tomazbodner]

You know what... the moment you put Trump's photo at the top of the article, the text below the photo has completely lost credibility...

[Saint Nick]

I know, we shouldn't be surprised!

This guy and his whole administration don't believe in science and are strong on the anti- vaxxer side!

Aren't there woo- peddlers out there, who advocate for MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution)- literally drinking bleach?

So why not inject it directly into your bloodstraem!

And while you are on it: I heard turpentine is also excellent for drinking and cures all kinds of stuff from cancer to dirty feet!

[candide]

12 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

Last month I did some reading into far UV-C light. It can penetrate a virus and destroys its RNA within seconds, yet cannot get into human cells as these are too large. They are now manufacturing these lights for hospital disinfection. I then also wondered what would happen if you put such a light source inside a human lung. As soon as the replicated virusses leave a human cell they get killed by the UVC before they can enter and take over another human cell. This might be what doctors are starting to look into and this is what Trump heard. Of course the noob as he is he only understood it partially so his comments on this make him look very silly, but the idea of inserting a light source disinfectant inside the body certainly has potential in theory. 

I am always surprised how creative people can be in order to find excuses for Trump talking B.S.

- no such experiment has been reported

- the virus is present in the blood

- do you have any idea of how lungs look like? They are more like a sponge, not like a cave you can light.

[malibukid]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

One of the gems he uttered 

" I'm not a doctor but, I'm, like a person that has a good you know what " !!

Then he puts Birx on the spot asking if she'd ever heard of the " heat and the light " being used to treat CV .. Lol .. classic 

Trump is not a Dr. but plays one on T.V.

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

One of the gems he uttered 

" I'm not a doctor but, I'm, like a person that has a good you know what " !!

Then he puts Birx on the spot asking if she'd ever heard of the " heat and the light " being used to treat CV .. Lol .. classic 

Man’s unraveling before our eyes. 

[samran]

39 minutes ago, malibukid said:

Trump is not a Dr. but plays one on T.V.

Trump plays a president too on TV, but personally I think Martin Sheen on the West Wing puts in a more convincing effort in being president.

[winslowsjardine]

6 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Yeah but Ecuador is different it has lots of heat and humidity and deaths.Plus they don't have a Thai "Government" reporting dodgy numbers!

I read an article in the New York Times about the official Ecuadorean numbers. They are very lowball. Given that corpses are rotting in the street this makes sense.The Time's statisticians estimate that the real number is 15 times as high.

[Phil McCaverty]

If you superimpose a global temperature map for February with the current global Covid-19 hotspots they all fall in the cooler  climes.

[metisdead]

A post using content from an unapproved YouTube source has been removed. 

[winslowsjardine]

9 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

If you superimpose a global temperature map for February with the current global Covid-19 hotspots they all fall in the cooler  climes.

I'm not so sure about that. Ecuador is right on the equator, for example. Countries in the tropics tend to be a lot poorer and don't have the infrastructure to accurately report deaths. Or don't want to.

[samran]

28 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

If you superimpose a global temperature map for February with the current global Covid-19 hotspots they all fall in the cooler  climes.

Wait till you go through a tropical rainy season. It is when people get the sickest. This is far from over for a place like Thailand.

[samran]

8 hours ago, gargamon said:

All the morons that bought up the hydroxychloroquine will be out there buying bleach and syringes. "What have you got to lose?"

Might be worth them trying them in combination...#MAGA

[candide]

6 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Washington State Emergency Management Agency felt compelled to issue an advisory:

WA Emergency Management
@waEMD·4h

Please don't eat tide pods or inject yourself with any kind of disinfectant. 

If you do need help with #COVID19 issues, we have lots of resources at https://coronavirus.wa.gov

Just don't make a bad situation worse.

 

"...suppose you brought the light inside the body..."

 

 

 

 

The same statement, filmed from a different angle is quite interesting. ????

https://www.wionews.com/world/dont-eat-tide-pods-or-inject-lysol-twitter-reacts-to-trumps-idea-to-combat-coronavirus-294437

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/thedailyangle/status/1253506035089838085

Edited April 24, 2020 by candide

[Susco]

26 minutes ago, candide said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/thedailyangle/status/1253506035089838085

The lady in that video looks like she doesn't know she is dreaming or should start crying right away

[White Christmas13]

So, Singapore must be freezing

Singapore

Confirmed 12,075

Recovered 924

Deaths 12

[adammike]

10 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

 

Thailand actually doesn't have that much sun and when it does it is filtered. If this is true then a place like Arizona is a good place to watch. Crystal blue skies like you would never see in the tropics. Even places like the prairies where you can still get sunburn on a cool day.

You have to expose skin to the sun to get the benefits it doesn't have to be full on desert sun.about 20-30 minutes a day might be enough and there's more than enough sun in Thailand.The locals do seem to avoid it.

[pacovl46]

10 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

This maybe one of the reasons Thailand has done so well currently, however with the rainy season coming upon us and lack of sun I wonder if that will have an impact?

Human body, 37 degrees Celsius and 60% water, seems very hot and definitely humid to me...

[drguid]

The UK's had pretty much uninterrupted sunshine since the lockdown. I don't have the heart to tell the .gov this is probably why the infections charts are coming off the boil. This is probably why the SE and SW infections haven't been as bad as up north.

 

If they actually told people to wear masks and closed the borders then we might get shot of it by July.

[Nigel Garvie]

2 hours ago, samran said:

Might be worth them trying them in combination...#MAGA

Another recent topic focuses on Biden improved performance in borderline states, with many posters saying Trump just has to defeat himself.

He is doing his best, and his supporters will do everything to help. If drinking bleach doesn't work they could try sticking their heads into acid, swimming with crocodiles, jumping out of planes, or inserting a wired up light bulb in their posteriors, that would brighten things up a bit. 

 

Incidentally the level of UV light needed to destroy the virus would be fatal to human tissue, but if you are a MAGA fan don't let me stop you trying, your Darwin awards await you.

[Sheryl]

That corona viruses as a group do not do well in heat, direct sunlight an humidity was known from day 1 and why many predicted from the start that it would not become as severe in SE Asia as it was in China and subsequently Europe and the Americas.

 

However need to understand these factors affect how well it will survive outside the human body, e.g. on outdoor surfaces. They have nothing to do with what  happens within the human body and do not  preclude direct person to person transmission between people standing within direct  droplet/aerosol distance.  So while hot, humid countries with intense sunlight may fare better (and so far mostly have) they are not immune.

 

And while the arrival of summer may help the US and Europe they will still need to insure social distancing and aggressively track contacts etc tp avoid direct person to person spread.

 

 

[sirineou]

12 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I have seen Dr Berg on Youtube videos many times stating that vitamin D which is predominantly sourced from the sun, helps to build the immune system up, that said, I see a lot of dark Thai's here, could these guys have such good immune systems that the virus doesn't affect them or make them asymptomatic to it ?

 

There is no real scientific evidence at the moment to state that the virus is less susceptible to warmer and humid conditions that I have read, but it is an interesting discussion and could well provide some light on the low numbers here in Thailand ?

 

 

The latest research :

"Sunlight and humidity kill coronavirus the fastest: US scientists "

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/sunlight-humidity-kill-coronavirus-fastest-scientists-200424065853466.html

 On the Thai Immunity issue, it is not only the vitamine d . Thais have grown up in environment that is not very friendly to those with a week immune system.

Simply put those thais with a weak immune system did not survive infancy and if they did they did not survive adulthood to procreate and pass their genes, resulting in a more robust population in terms of infection.  

Edited April 24, 2020 by sirineou

[Bluespunk]

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