26 Apr 20
@wolfgang59 saidI just do research and continue to learn.
Talk to eladar ... I think he runs a correspondence course.
(Also available; ecology, climatology, embryology, epidemiology, pedagogy, mathematics, economics, ....)
Do you deny the outcomes presented in the video?
26 Apr 20
@eladar saidPlease.
I just do research and continue to learn.
You're too modest.
Don't undersell yourself.
26 Apr 20
@eladar saidActually I need to watch more carefully. He did say a minute and a half, compared to an hour without light.
@DeepThought
Either the video requires updating or the article does. I see the 2 to 3 minutes.
The vitamin d thing, the tables supported me.
28 Apr 20
@eladar saidHere was their statement though (in the article):
https://news.yahoo.com/[WORD TOO LONG].html
Looks like the government now backs what I have neen saying all along.
In a statement to Yahoo News, the DHS declined to answer questions about the findings and strongly cautioned against drawing any conclusions based on unpublished data.
Sunlight might work as a surface disinfectant (1), Vitamin D is important for your health, seasonal fluctuations in infections rates are likely (3), and sunlight in general seems to make everyone happier and healthier. But sunlight as a specific treatment for COVID-19 is dubious speculation at this point in time.
(1) https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/221/3/372/5645407
(2) https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583
(3) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.19.20071951v1
28 Apr 20
@wildgrass saidNobody in this thread has claimed sunlight as a treatment.
Here was their statement though (in the article):In a statement to Yahoo News, the DHS declined to answer questions about the findings and strongly cautioned against drawing any conclusions based on unpublished data.
Sunlight might work as a surface disinfectant (1), Vitamin D is important for your health, seasonal fluctuations in infections rates are like ...[text shortened]... www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583
(3) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.19.20071951v1
Although if the UV is up, 15 minutes of direct sunlight, or more if needed would not be bad.
29 Apr 20
@wildgrass saidI am talking about the surrounding environment. All exposed surfaces as you walk around outside are being sterilized quuckly if the UV is correct.
Taking a shower with soap would be more effective.
No need to sterilize the surroundings with chemicals.
29 Apr 20
@eladar saidI didn't know it spread at all (or that much) through the environment. Is it known what percentage of new cases are caused by environmental exposure vs. direct human-human contact?
I am talking about the surrounding environment. All exposed surfaces as you walk around outside are being sterilized quuckly if the UV is correct.
No need to sterilize the surroundings with chemicals.
29 Apr 20
@wildgrass saidYou did not know you could get the virus by touching something with the virus on it?
I didn't know it spread at all (or that much) through the environment. Is it known what percentage of new cases are caused by environmental exposure vs. direct human-human contact?
A typical example is a door knob.
30 Apr 20
@wildgrass saidWhen this first came out, it was the only way it was described as happening. That is why they said do not touch your face and wash your hands regularly.
Is it known what percentage of new cases are caused by environmental exposure vs. direct human-human contact?
