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Old 04-24-2020, 08:54 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Susie Cougar View Post
I’m not sure where the idea came from that the sun and heat will kill the virus. Just look at Miami, Florida.
However, vitamin D, The vitamin that we get from the sun, is extremely important for keeping our immune system strong. Many people in the United States are deficient in vitamin D or have levels that are too low to be optimal. We all need to get out in the sun for a few minutes every day.
Early on virologists suggested that the virus was more sensitive to light and heat. At yesterday’s coronavirus White House conference there was more data to support this as well as the virus not “liking “ high humidity. “ Likewise, alcohol and bleach do disinfect. No hot news there.

BUT the non-medically trained chief executive made a number of suggestions which seemed logical if you were sitting around talking with your friends...but could also be dangerous if people took his ideas literally. Injecting disinfectant is never a good idea.
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