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?).
What absolutely slays me is that for as long as there have been human beings and sicknesses, we instinctively knew to get sunshine when ill. Yet this time the experts knew more than our mothers and grandmothers and their grandmothers who told us to get outside and get some sunshine and fresh air. Staying inside all day is never a good thing, yet that is what they forced on us during a virus spread.
The lack of basic common sense from day one is astounding.
I agree. The "you're safer indoors" argument is absolutely asinine and counter to even our own body of medical research that demonstrates a) sunlight kills the virus, b) being outside in groups is unlikely to transmit the virus because of fresh air and the breeze, and c) vitamin D3 can only be produced in the skin from cholesterol or taken via supplement (or animal sources... [email protected]).
So literally the SAME medical research that has demonstrated why influenza spreads in the winter is somehow ignorant of identical contributing factors with SARS-CoV-2?
I want to agree with you that it's a lack of common sense, yet something tells me there's a bit more nefarious angle in all of this. Namely that the state wants to exercise its control.
(I'm not suggesting people should huddle together in the store and go lick door handles, of course, and practicing good hygiene and staying away from people you don't know is probably good advice in general. But this isn't something that should be mandated through force of law.)
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?).
What absolutely slays me is that for as long as there have been human beings and sicknesses, we instinctively knew to get sunshine when ill. Yet this time the experts knew more than our mothers and grandmothers and their grandmothers who told us to get outside and get some sunshine and fresh air. Staying inside all day is never a good thing, yet that is what they forced on us during a virus spread. The lack of basic common sense from day one is astounding.
I agree. The "you're safer indoors" argument is absolutely asinine and counter to even our own body of medical research that demonstrates a) sunlight kills the virus, b) being outside in groups is unlikely to transmit the virus because of fresh air and the breeze, and c) vitamin D3 can only be produced in the skin from cholesterol or taken via supplement (or animal sources... [email protected]).
So literally the SAME medical research that has demonstrated why influenza spreads in the winter is somehow ignorant of identical contributing factors with SARS-CoV-2?
I want to agree with you that it's a lack of common sense, yet something tells me there's a bit more nefarious angle in all of this. Namely that the state wants to exercise its control.
(I'm not suggesting people should huddle together in the store and go lick door handles, of course, and practicing good hygiene and staying away from people you don't know is probably good advice in general. But this isn't something that should be mandated through force of law.)