(03-30-2020, 03:24 AM)RonPaulFan Wrote: I read that the virus is killed in 30 seconds with bleach and in ONE second by sunlight. It would seem that driving there alone (not that I want to be alone, but that's another subject) and fishing surrounded by a mile of space of no other person and being in SUNLIGHT, I would be very safe from the proliferation of the virus while fishing."I read it on the Internet; it MUST be true." Yeah; right! Had you expanded your search for the truth, you might have found this article from PolitiFact.
Sun exposure does not kill the coronavirus
They debunk that myth using this list of sources:
PolitiFact Wrote:Our SourcesBloomberg, "Trump Assurances Aside, Warmer Weather May Not Slow Coronavirus," March 5, 2020CBS News, "Trump touts economic success, criticizes sanctuary cities in meeting with governors," Feb. 10, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Common Cold, accessed March 10, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S., March 11, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Steps to Prevent Illness, accessed March 10, 2020
Epidemiology and Infection, "Environmental factors on the SARS epidemic: air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infection," April 2006=68.ARDi0vTIxlBdSbIE8VZDBCBK-87ZBAaSZ9ixuzf0845Zvoy_H61dkv7IzOhnKnEsW0CThOusrHO8xJVTygz4qeBAwm2qMAWKDBs2dNrocqSvctlTVCbQeQGjNNcFHRuxlpVD603HsNvCUkc44M6M29XNCuS-_6_tBK-LYvBtwjUy6A5arMquCqwzOO3Vv8iJoaxRpuCiatY9ssXrFo9S7FApudrsEHP9i-9hH2bmwSKfPnG9-2JC3kjG3XuExCdFJZ3lTd7CTSxVtwbU6MzhQKolspBr9oi-k3MmFxNDVRHagzr_dNnntIdwkePcpW3IQeoz6g]Facebook post, March 9, 2020
Harvard Medical School, "The Reason for the Season: why flu strikes in winter," Dec. 1, 2014Journal of Medical Virology, "Inactivation of 12 viruses by heating steps applied during manufacture of a hepatitis B vaccine," November 1987
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Coronavirus may not be slowed down by warmer weather, scientists warn," Feb. 26, 2020PolitiFact, "Stop sharing myths about preventing the coronavirus. Here are 4 real ways to protect yourself," March 5, 2020
Statement from UNICEF, March 6, 2020
USA Today, "Coronavirus live updates: WHO declares pandemic; US death toll rises to 31; 'it's going to get worse,'" March 11, 2020
World Health Organization, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report – 50, March 10, 2020
I'd love to see any sources that support your statement - "I read that the virus is killed in 30 seconds with bleach and in ONE second by sunlight."
Bob Hicks, from Utah
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I'm 81 years young and going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
"Free men do not ask permission to bear arms."