To prevent viral infections, doctors suggest practicing good hand hygiene. In light of the recent coronavirus outbreak, public health guidelines continue to emphasize this. Is hand washing really that helpful in the context of an epidemic? New research suggests that it is.
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Why hand washing really could slow down an epidemic
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Hand car washing. Two in one.
Yeah who needs hygiene and sanitation?
Hey Bob I hear a good prevention for corona is bat guts soup and doing shots of raw snake blood and bathing in non-oxidized water supply containing excrement...
Only good prevention is avoiding other people, and refraining from touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Futile to wash your hands when you're going to be touching all sorts of surfaces in public.
Look... you guys gotta start thinking about what youre gonna do if it never goes rampant here...
The thing is this stuff seems to live LONGER with colder temperatures..
there are studies indicating corona viruses live 9 days on surfaces at room temp... measles only lives 2 hours...
The cold temperature seems to slow down its metabolism like bacteria when you put food in the refrigerator..
think cold blooded animals they survive long periods without eating if the temperature drops... metabolism slows down..
The higher temps must speed up their metabolism and they croak faster.... and the transmission is reduced because the lifetime of the pathogen is reduced at higher temps...
"global warming!" in view here...
Viruses and bacterium have a metabolism?
The Arrhenius effect may be the term you're searching for.
Here's a take on the coronavirus being an opportunity to take action on climate change:
https://tsakraklides.com/2020/02/01/where-is-your-spirit-of-collapse/
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