Coronavirus / COVID-19

[Montmorency]

The American Physical Society just cancelled its annual physics conference a day before it was scheduled to commence. Tens of thousands of attendees left hanging. One more price we pay.

Devastating thread. I REALLY hope we get a lucky break.
https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/s...80123244580864

Apparently 'blades' skepticism and Monty's seconding thereof are on point. 26/27 debrees Celsius would likely reduce COVID-19, but NOT eliminate. Apparently temperatures need to be 'north' of 30 to have a profound impact. Article.

I feel smug because I read the same article but clicked through to the source material in my post.

Considering that the whole thing could be fabricated and that there is no way to do a background check on the author, it might be best to treat it as noise and discard it rather than analyze it.

Smart.

Ethanol needs high concentration to be effective.
Chlorine based cleaners also should do well.

Effectiveness for any type of disinfectant depends on concentration, time, and temperature. Just because you wiped a surface once with a damp paper towel of hydrogen peroxide doesn't mean it is suddenly free of all viruses/spores/bacteria.

The study Seamus and I link referred to a benchmark of 1 minute (or 30 second, or 10 minute) contact/exposure, but as with temperature there's a geometric curve in the resilience of the virus. Even 1 minute is long. What's good for peons?

Concentrations tested reflect what is commercially available. For example, (dilute) 0.5% hydrogen peroxide or isopropyl 50%-100%.