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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
james_s:
The biggest issue I've seen is with coworkers who live in apartments that have WiFi, there's no way around the fact that the air has a finite amount of bandwidth. Get that many people with that many devices all using it at once and things are gonna slow down.
cdev:
It is, the underlying biology is quite important. The substance you get isnt just Vitamin D, you also get a very interesting hormone called Alpha-MSH. Look it up! It seems to act as an aphrodisiac in women. It might in men too, we're more similar than we think. Its also involved with the tanning process. (the M stands for melanocyte)
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--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 03, 2020, 07:44:24 pm ---Yes, I doubt temperature makes that much difference. COVID-19 has spread to some tropical countries and on board cruise ships, which would have been pretty well heated. UVB radiation will destroy the virus, but it will only make a difference to picking up the virus on surfaces outdoors, so I doubt the UV index makes that much of a difference.
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There are a couple of studies that show a good correlation between case loads and a particular temperature range, but correlation doesn't ensure causality. Remember that most of those warms places with significant case loads were hit early in Spring. Singapore is hot for the whole year, but has so many overworking air cons that you can spend long periods at unreasonably low temperatures there.
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The missing bit of information to consider is the serum vitamin D levels in a population and its positive impact on immune response. Levels vary considerably per season in northern countries versus someplace like Australia. The instinct to get some sun in the springtime is strong for Canadians, which I think is driven by underlying biology.
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the peak temperature for COVID-19 transmission according to some Chinese research I have read was found to be around 10 degrees centigrade in China during the first few months when people were dying in large numbers in Wuhan especially. But as somebody said, other factors could easily be in there that nobody had figured into the mix . For example, a lot of young people caught COVID-19 here in the US over spring break, then bringing it back to communities all around the country.
presumably in the bright sunshine and warm conditions. (But no doubt also going back to air conditioned hotel rooms, not smart but .... )
Bud:
I passed the local library while driving to a grocery store some weeks back and i saw the parking lot was full. I thought -interesting, do we have libraries open as essential business , that seemed weird to me. It was several days later that i realized the reason was : free WiFi. Apparently all those cars parked had peoples sitting in them and using the library's WiFi, some "working from home".
Bud:
--- Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on May 03, 2020, 09:48:50 pm ---The missing bit of information to consider is the serum vitamin D levels in a population and its positive impact on immune response. Levels vary considerably per season in northern countries versus someplace like Australia. The instinct to get some sun in the springtime is strong for Canadians, which I think is driven by underlying biology.
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I always thought it was ridiculous in Britain where police forced people from sunbathing outdoors back into their houses , even did not allow to be outside on their front lawns. It seemed so stupid. Don't they know in Britain that you need sunlight to produce vitamine D naturally.
EEVblog:
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--- Quote from: EEVblog on May 03, 2020, 11:33:24 am ---The good thing about this whole affair is the awareness level of hygiene has reached hyper levels in practically all the population. This should help reduce the transmission of all sorts of stuff in the coming years.
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No. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger; IOW: if you stay in a sterile environment your immune system doesn't get any training. Most vaccines work by training your immune system to a weaker variant of a virus so it is ready for when the real deal hits.
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Unless you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people who die every year from the flu alone. 1M+ in a bad year. I guess is just sucks to be one of them.
Or the countless others that die or get seriously ill from a myriad of difference viruses and diseases caused by poor community and personal hygiene.
Arguing against improvements in societal and personal hygiene is one of the most asinine arguments I've ever heard.
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You are not getting the point. Getting infected by a Corona virus (any type) during your life is inevitable so your body better be prepared (hence vaccinations). Sure a lot of people die from the flu but these aren't healthy people and it is highly questionable whether these people would have lived much longer if they didn't got the flu. So in the end better hygiene doesn't help you against Corona virusses. Not saying personal hygiene is bad but overdoing it is also not good either. There are a lot of useful bacteria on and in your body and a healthy portion of virusses keeps your immune system alert.
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Sorry, you don't get a get out of jail free card.
I said that better hygiene will come as result of this and you flatly said No, implying that was not a good thing.
By your response I now presume that you actually agree with me that better hygiene is not a bad thing?
I understand your point about over hygiene, but now you are digging your hole deeper by saying "oh well, those people weren't going to live long anyway" :palm:
Your position has gone from asinine to downright callous.
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