Re:Government to urge us all to walk and cycle more
by avianlyric on Saturday May 09, 2020 @09:57AM
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According to the DHS (I’m struggling to find a source that isn’t the White House slides, which I loath to link too) COVID-19 has a half life of about 2 minutes in sunlight on a warm day (21C).
So we’re safe from lingering viruses because COVID-19 doesn’t linger that long outside.
As viruses go COVID-19 is pretty easy to break down, and doesn’t last that long in the wild (especially compared to things like bacteria). But it’s still virulent enough to cause a pandemic, despite being pretty easy to destroy using light and alcohol.
So we’re safe from lingering viruses because COVID-19 doesn’t linger that long outside.
As viruses go COVID-19 is pretty easy to break down, and doesn’t last that long in the wild (especially compared to things like bacteria). But it’s still virulent enough to cause a pandemic, despite being pretty easy to destroy using light and alcohol.