Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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This page on the FDA site about COVID-19 and food safety is geared more toward industry folks, but still relevant and has lots of links to other pages for different topics. https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safet...-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
Yeah, probably right. But hell, you'd think you'd hear of more cases than we have!
If it got into Africa like it has Europe, they'd really be in for it.
It probably helps it is warmer there right now. It sounds like the virus doesn't like warm weather.
I’m not going to say we have definitive answers because we don’t but doesn’t liking is not the same thing as can’t survive in the warmer humid weather.
From the maps I’ve seen it is infinitely more prevalent in the northern hemisphere and places in colder weather right now. It still exists in other places but doesn’t appear as prevalent.
Yeah we really don't know and I've brought it up elsewhere that reported cases are less in some warmer countries and areas that to me are also densely populated.
Nonetheless it doesn't just magically disappear once it his a region at certain air temps or humidity.
I don't think it's really known yet. It's hypothesized it isn't true because it is being found in warm climates. It's also being hypothesized that warm weather might have some effect because it seems like many warm weather countries are not being hit as hard. It's too early to tell what effect, if any temperature has, but I wouldn't say it's been proven to have zero effect.
The region in Italy that is being hammered is in the far north near Switzerland. The rest of the country has had significantly less cases. That doesn't necessarily mean its because of temperature differences though.
I just saw that Ford and GM are shutting down all North American operations until at least March 30. My company supplies parts to them so we may be running on minimal staff or shutdown too now.
If it stays out of the hotter areas of the world during their late summer, that's good news.
If any of you listen to Pardon My Take, they just had Dr. Fauci on the podcast, who is the immunologist that has been speaking at these White House briefings. Pardon My Take is a Barstool Sports Podcast (I know some may not like them), but the conversation they had with Dr. Fauci was incredibly informative and gave people like us answers to some of the questions we have. He doesn't use a lot of jargon, rather explains it in ways that we can all understand.
On the podcast today, a question was brought up about the virus possibly getting weaker due to the warmer months ahead and he basically said we just don't know yet. Some viruses do diminish in warmer climates, but there is not enough information to say this one will.
From my own personal opinion (which doesn't mean much), I would say the virus might not be as contagious in warmer weather, but that doesn't mean it's going to slow down much or all of a sudden go away. It might not live on certain surfaces as long but it's spreading currently in climates that will become similar to ours as we transition into the spring and summer months.
On the podcast today, a question was brought up about the virus possibly getting weaker due to the warmer months ahead and he basically said we just don't know yet. Some viruses do diminish in warmer climates, but there is not enough information to say this one will.
From my own personal opinion (which doesn't mean much), I would say the virus might not be as contagious in warmer weather, but that doesn't mean it's going to slow down much or all of a sudden go away. It might not live on certain surfaces as long but it's spreading currently in climates that will become similar to ours as we transition into the spring and summer months.
The question is how well it spreads vs colder climates, and that certainly hasn't been answered yet.
SARS was basically wiped out by summer temps. This virus is very similar. It's too early to know if summer will take care of it, to be sure. But it's also too early to say it won't have any helpful impact at all.
i think we should be careful about assuming anything too positive.
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