@wolfgang59 saidthis is very informative reading
I can't remember which resident "expert" said that increased
UV in summer would kill the virus. But here are the facts;
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light
all of us really should take the ten minutes it takes to read the whole thing
@wolfgang59
When does virus season end?
Next...
I like the way they say sunlight does disinfect, but nobody knows how long it takes. It is as if they are wanting to disinfect loads. Ok this batch is disinfected, now collect it and put out the next batch. This is not how it works.
Everything that is exposed to the sun gets disinfected over the day or days it is sitting there.
This is just one mechanism to stops the spread of viruses.
@eladar said"Very rare"! What rubbish.
They are very rare. I have gotten many colds over my lifetime, never in the summer.
People have colds all year round in UK, anyone would know that
from school attendances; kids have colds. Just before Christmas
(our summer) the whole family had nasty colds and most of my
daughters classmates were off at one time or another.
@eladar saidYou either did not read or did not comprehend the article.
Everything that is exposed to the sun gets disinfected over the day or days it is sitting there.
@the-gravedigger saidThat's a bit pedantic!
The reason why its hard to kill a virus is because its not alive.
What word would you approve of to describe a viable virus?
@wolfgang59 saidwhat he's saying is true according to science
That's a bit pedantic!
What word would you approve of to describe a viable virus?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/23/coronavirus-isnt-alive-thats-why-its-so-hard-kill/
@rookie54 saidI know - that's why I said he was pedantic.
what he's saying is true according to science
@wolfgang59 saidNo, you did not read the article. It said they tested minutes of UVA radiation, not the more destructive UVB. They did not test a typical amount of UVA and UVB tradition a virus exposed outside would recieve in a summer day.
You either did not read or did not comprehend the article.
@wolfgang59 saidAnother piece of fake news floating around ...
I can't remember which resident "expert" said that increased
UV in summer would kill the virus. But here are the facts;
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light
If you hear anyone saying that tinned pork meat contains the virus - disregard that ... it's Spam™.
@orangutan saidHas a typical intensity and duration of UVA and UVB radiation for a hot summer August day in the Northern Hemisphere been tested?
Another piece of fake new floating around ...
If you hear anyone saying that tinned pork meat contains the virus - disregard that ... it's spam.
@Eladar
From the article
Sunshine solution?
Would UVA or UVB work instead? And if so, does this mean you can disinfect things by leaving them out in the sun?
The short answer: possibly – but you wouldn’t want to rely on it.
Bearing in mind that the virus is destroyed in about an hour just sitting on
most porous surfaces and survives 36 hours(ish) on steel I can't see the
value in investigating sticking things in the sunlight. Why do you?