Ya I’m in Tampa area and it’s been 101-103 heat indexes a few times lately.
Not sure why we always have to make this argument, but humidity makes hot things hotter and cold things colder. Maybe that lack of basic science is due to common core education.
Plus the going theory is that humidity reduces the time respiratory droplets are airborne as they absorb tiny droplets of moisture from the air, then eventually settle on a surface.
Add to that the sun + UV and it's a terrible environment for the virus.
(Ironically, beach closures may be leading to more deaths than not, now that I think about it.)
Interestingly, there's a growing body of evidence that the increased mortality in people with darker skin may be due to vitamin D deficiency. The idea being that vitamin D improves immune response, and if they're lacking it (northern latitudes, less sunlight, less production due to increased melanin) their immune system may be weaker.
Add that with an increase in comorbidities and suddenly MUH RACIST VIRUS.
If they just told everyone to go to the beach and get some sun, we'd probably be seeing a very different picture right now.
Edit: Funny how much maligned the spring breakers were yet it appears there wasn't anything terrible that came out of it. Sure, younger populations, but in other regions they haven't been completely free from hospitalization. Yet in this cohort it appears it may not have been the case. Then combine this with the USS Roosevelt where some percentage of the crew is going to be on desk and getting sunlight and you get a better picture for the 60% asymptomatic cases (age + other factors?).
It’s more about the humidity.
Ya I’m in Tampa area and it’s been 101-103 heat indexes a few times lately.
Not sure why we always have to make this argument, but humidity makes hot things hotter and cold things colder. Maybe that lack of basic science is due to common core education.
Plus the going theory is that humidity reduces the time respiratory droplets are airborne as they absorb tiny droplets of moisture from the air, then eventually settle on a surface.
Add to that the sun + UV and it's a terrible environment for the virus.
(Ironically, beach closures may be leading to more deaths than not, now that I think about it.)
Yes closing the beaches made no sense at all. They should have been encouraging people to go to the beach.
Interestingly, there's a growing body of evidence that the increased mortality in people with darker skin may be due to vitamin D deficiency. The idea being that vitamin D improves immune response, and if they're lacking it (northern latitudes, less sunlight, less production due to increased melanin) their immune system may be weaker.
Add that with an increase in comorbidities and suddenly MUH RACIST VIRUS.
If they just told everyone to go to the beach and get some sun, we'd probably be seeing a very different picture right now.
Edit: Funny how much maligned the spring breakers were yet it appears there wasn't anything terrible that came out of it. Sure, younger populations, but in other regions they haven't been completely free from hospitalization. Yet in this cohort it appears it may not have been the case. Then combine this with the USS Roosevelt where some percentage of the crew is going to be on desk and getting sunlight and you get a better picture for the 60% asymptomatic cases (age + other factors?).