STAYING INDOORS INCREASES VIRUS RISK!
DR DAVID FRIEDMAN
AUTHOR, SPEAKER, RADIO/TV HEALTH EXPERT that's the body’s way of increasing internal temperature in an attempt to destroy the virus. Viruses hate the heat! The World Health Organization’s published data on stability and re-
Copyrighted by: Dr. David Friedman
sistance of SARS coronavirus which states that “heat kills the SARS coro-
Social distancing is being enforced across the nation as an attempt to
navirus in 15 minutes.” The SARS coronavirus happens to share 90 per-
contain and eliminate the coronavirus. But is being quarantined indoors
cent of its DNA with the current coronavirus (COVID-19.) According to
and having our beaches closed the answer? Your best defense against
the Lancet Medical Journal, “There are many similarities between severe
the virus is to get ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun and breathe in the
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID
fresh spring air!
-19) from the virus homology to the origin and transmission route.”
First, it’s important to know, the coronavirus is not new. Photos of old
While experts are saying it’s too early to know for sure if this current
Lysol labels showing the product kills the coronavirus have gone viral
coronavirus strain will experience the same cellular destruction when
(pun intended;) creating conspiracy cover-up theories that the govern-
exposed to heat, when we look at comparable coronavirus outbreaks
ment has lied to us about the existence of the coronavirus. Scientists
like SARS, it started in November and lasted until July. Many experts
have known about the coronavirus since 1961. There are dozens of virus-
have attributed warm weather to the eradication of SARS. Also, accord-
es in the coronavirus family, but only seven afflict humans. Four are
ing to the American Journal of Public Health, sunshine and fresh air have
known to cause mild colds in people, while others are more novel, dead-
been used successfully to treat patients during the three biggest viral
ly, and thought to be transmitted from animals. SARS and MERS are clas-
pandemics of the last century. Each one was caused by a novel type A
sified as coronaviruses. They are structurally similar to the current coro-
influenza virus. Records from these “open-air” hospitals show sunshine
navirus which is specific to a disease called COVID-19 (abbreviation for
and fresh air spared many from dying from the outbreak
Coronavirus Disease of 2019.) According to the CDC, COVID-19 is transmitted in the same fashion as the flu and common cold: by close contact with infected people and from respiratory droplets when an infected person sneezes or coughs.
Research published in Plos One Medical Journal shows dry, cold air helps viruses stay intact in the air or travel farther as they become airborne. High temperatures and in particular high humidity, like people experience at the beach, slows the influenza spread, and at very high
What we do know about all viruses, including those in the coronavirus
humidity levels, the virus stops spreading completely. But what about
family, they don’t survive well when exposed to heat. AccuWeather
breathing people’s germs that are standing too close to you at the
Founder Dr. Joel N. Myers says, “UV light can damage or destroy various
beach? Warmer air holds more moisture, which prevents airborne virus-
types of pathogens, like SARS and MERS. Sunshine negatively impacts
es from traveling as far as they would in dry air. When you’re outside in
many similar viruses, and it may have similar effects on the coronavirus.”
the sunshine, the small liquid droplets from a cough or sneeze gather
Viruses, including those in the coronavirus family, tend to subside in
more moisture when they are expelled. This makes them too heavy to
warmer months because their outer structure called the "lipid envelope"
stay airborne which causes them to drop to the ground. The heat from
is destroyed by heat. People get a fever when they have the flu because
the sun also breaks down the exterior surface of a virus, making it less
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