U.S. government researchers have determined that the virus survives best indoors and in dry conditions, and loses potency when temperatures and humidity rise - and especially when it is exposed to sunlight, said William Bryan, acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.The findings could bolster hopes that the coronavirus will mimic the behavior of other respiratory diseases like influenza, which typically are less contagious in warm weather.
“I once mentioned that maybe it does go away with heat and light. And people didn’t like that statement that much,” he said at the briefing. Vice President Mike Pence said states should allow hospitals and other medical facilities to resume elective surgeries, an important source of revenue that some governors have banned in order to keep hospitals clear for coronavirus patients.
“I want the people in Georgia to be safe, and I don’t want this thing to flare up because you’re deciding to do something that is not in the guidelines,” he said. Researchers found a similar effect with the coronavirus that was suspended in the air - simulating the coughing or sneezing that often spreads the disease. In a dark room, the virus maintained half its strength for an hour. But when exposed to sunlight, it lost half its strength in 90 seconds, Bryan said.
I’m sure I saw a hand up back puppetmaster
Another lie.
هي البرازيل والمكسيك وبيرو والإكوادور مَش بلاد فقيره ودرجة الحرارة هناك مَش منخفضة ذي أوروبا ؟؟ انا مستغرب ان الفيروس بيهاجمها مع ان عماد مأكدلي ان الفيروس ده عنده بعد اجتماعي وخيري جامد وبيحب الغلابة !!!
This is the typical weather of Singapore Guess what Corona virus cases is surging
درجة حراره ٣٢ ولا درجة حراره ٥٠ بجد حيرتنا يا ابو حنان
realDonaldTrump you can't be serious !!
Except in places like Singapore. And Algeria. Morocco. South Africa
Alzizou11 well.. summer isn’t cancelled after all then!
Because it’s origin is a bat and it is a descendant of vampires
Come to egypt
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Pakistan, Qatar, the UAE...
😬
The United States should bear the main responsibility. The autopsy report has been released, and someone died of influenza virus in January in the United States.
Yeah? Why then all Africa infected
You used the wrong headline. Mention that they're fucking wrong. This is not responsible journalism.
I’m really hoping it does, but how would this explain all the hot humid countries,and states within the US , that have large outbreaks 😷
People are not cardboard boxes. This is a ridiculously misleading headline. Will the press ever get this right?
Uh, not what experts say
Guess it depends on who the official is...
All probably wrong, but ok
Common knowledge....
What is he smoking? 🤔
In that case all tropical climate countries should be safe. Just saying.
Others aren't so sure. Trump is picking and choosing his 'experts'.
Talk to Singapore!
Singapore has plenty of both and they still have it?
Is this Reuter’s? Or Breitbart 🤢
Singapore’s confirmed case count doubled in the past few days. It’s over 90 degrees there. U.S. official needs to try again...
So Equador (12k cases) and Brazil (50K cases) are cold and dry?
Inside your body it's humid and almost 100 degrees.... and it thrives. So how hot and how humid does it have to be?
You’re kidding right
And that's why global warming is a blessing in disguise. If anything we must fasttrack manmade global warming which is another hoax btw. Drain the swamp. MAGA OUT!
So u mean US official is dumb?
Of course that would explain why there haven't been any cases in countries like India, Indonesia and Singapore.
Heat, humidity and sunlight weakens COVID-19, you say? Hmmm, not working down here in Florida....28K confirmed, 867 deaths so far....
Arrogance at its best
What about Miami?!
Look at the Democrats scurry!!! They hope it wasn’t true than say Trump might have been right. So does that mean Democrats are on the Coronavirus side?
So open up our beaches..
Good news
it makes me laugh. I guess this president needs more sunlight to make him brighter
So do Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
How did you guys ever become a super power
I can't believe a group of scientists were paid to come up with this stuff.
Why COVID-19 has been actively spreading in southeast asian nations?
I'm happy to see that the USA is getting from realDonaldTrump what they voted for! Finally number one in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world! Well done USA.
Trump says any thing he failed to deal with the situation
The cure is sorted.. well done Don.
منظمة الصحه العالمية قالت ملوش علاقة. وبعدين ازاي الرطوبه بتضعف الفايرس، الطبيعي انها بتساعد على انتشاره. اللي مساعدنا الجفاف مش الرطوبة احنا حو صحراوي أصلاً الرطوبة عندنا قليلة.
Je ne connaissais pas ses compétences médicales.
Confusion.
What is your definition of WEAKEN
good news
We don't need a vaxs,no reason to shut economy throw gates in jail aka hitler
Nigeria has plenty of that, how come it’s killing people there?
Hi, South East Asia here... Tropical region with lots of sunlight, heat, and humidity... And... Uhmmm... No...
Hi, South East Asia here... And... Uhmmm... No...
And that's the headline you're gonna use... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
yeahh i'm from Indonesia which i live in the equator and all those 3 are here 24/7.. still waiting for it to come true tho
Why doesn't Trump and his administration wear protective masks at all press conferences..!!
They must be dealing with a different virus in Singapore then 🤦♂️
And lysol.
What he saw in a script
Come on! Literally no word.
They must deal with a different virus in Singapore then 🤦♂️
JKato3333 UV radiation degrades organic tissue, which is why our skin evolved to darken when exposed to it. And the heat and humidity works? Tell that to the environments in which it is currently thriving. STOP DEFENDING HIS STUPIDITY!
Kuwait so warm but also there is outbreak please believe in WHO because American people pay more
I thought Pence was in charge of this shit show?
Remains to be seen. It's thriving already in hot, humid, summer locations already. Who's the scientist behind this latest find? DoogyTrump_MD
If this works he will be a hero if not it will be just another story. He using gambling concept.
Fake news
OsamaNa17841966 read the comments 😅
Which official? Gomer Pyle?
False.
Florida begs to differ.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Believe this at your on risk.
The title of your article is so misleading as to be harmful to the public you wish to inform.
Exactly! Just look at Brazil where it’s hot and humid and sunny and they don’t have any.... what?... they what? It apparently only applies to the NORTHERN hemisphere.
😂😂😂 Bless him, haven't the staff at his care home noticed he's escaped yet, surely it's time for his coffee & donuts
Weaken isn’t the same as eliminate, kill.
Singapore is a city wih sunlight and heat. And they have ten thousand patients at moment.
Yeah....no... *looks at southern hemisphere with plenty of Covid 19 cases* Besides, in the temperate zones, the humidity DROPS...what then?
Saunas, was the answer all along!
Singapore is warm enough. It has higher curve than Japan though.
Sure set me free in the summertime freegrey
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idiots!These politicians will kill more people just because they are irresponsible to transfer wrong and unproved information to the public
The Encyclopedia Trumponica - Medical Edition is coming out soon! Make sure to place your orders now, so you can get an autographed copy for your family!
ف قلب الصعيد انتشر الفايروس
sun, salt water and open air kills any germ
I´m from Ecuador. On Friday, April 24th (morning), in GUAYAQUIL the temperature will be 84F and the humidity 77%. As you know, we are in the Equator, therefore, we have a constant 12 hours of day light all year round. Please don´t believe that your are safe in this conditions.
Then why in hot and humid Singapore have the cases doubled.
him wrong
Minnesota has the least cases per capita - the winter wonderland
That's Fantastic!! Pls Come To Africa & Enjoy The Full Glare Of Sunshine With HighHumidity & The Heat As NaturalLifeSaving Energies.
Trump: wait the virus certainly can't live when we are dead right? Then how about let's just die to kill the virus? GREAT IDEA!!!!
The Whole world is laughing at US🙁
The most telling statement in this article is Pence saying allow hospitals to do surgeries because it generates the best revenue. What a load if bullpoop.
Spotlight, truth and humiliation might weaken Trump?
There is no evidence for this being true.
It's not the heat it's the stupidity.
If this doesn’t tank him out. I don’t know what will.
Dumb Block
This is a super irresponsible headline.
What the hell with this headline? Incredibly irresponsible.
Take precautions stay at home and practice social distancing till a proper vaccine is not developed Latest updates | cases per million population👇 COVID coronavirus
The desperate sh*t-show carnival act never seems to end does it?
Nope. In India Mumbai is the worst affected even after it having humid conditions 365 days and daily sunlight. Don't trust usa advisors. They are a joke. They said they were under control of the virus 1 and half months back and look now. 3k deaths per day
Omfg. Do better.
LIES: asia and india still rampant with covid19
Allow me to shed some 'light' on the subject... AytuBioscience MarkPimentelMD CedarsSinai MASTprogram Healight
He may have come up with these ideas when he was in the tanning bed, getting all orange for todays tv show
So do dishwasher pods as a suppository with a shot of Clorox apparently.
In India it's touching 40C... Yet there is no decline in the deaths or case numbers
Why isn't working in Singapore? They are experiencing increase and have hot weather.
'Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows'
The human body is 98.6 °F & full of moisture at the same temp & that makes the virus thrive. The temp that kills the virus is 137°, how the hell is anyone going to withstand that when the body shuts down at 105.8°F ?!? Can someone draw them a picture please.
You all know his favourite words 'FAKE NEWS' these Journalists should hold a plackard up everytime he speaks
The southern states of the US would like to have a word with that idiot...
Why repeat this nonsense, it's clearly propaganda.
Heat, humidity and sunshine ain't working in Singapore :(
👎🏻
Not a motherfucking lick of proof that that's the case. Just more wishful thinking on the part of the menatlly-challenged Pollyanna in Chief.
I’m not worried, I have plenty of Lysol. I will be fine.
And Boris phoned Donald 🤦🏻♂️
🤣😂
How about ppl who live in UAE, Saudi....Australia...
What a shite show!
And raking the forest with a broom. californiafire
Tanning beds have UV rays. During the Spanish flu they were told take people into the sunlight.
Kind of like my jogging days...
B.S.
So it only lasts 2 days on metal and plastic surfaces, instead of four? 🙄
I don't believe it. I read a story the other day about researchers who said it would take a significant amount of heat — temperatures too extreme for humans — for the coronavirus to die. And it's hard to trust anything said by the Trump administration.
How can these people stand there and listen to this nonsense!
Hahahahahababaha 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡
Does the Labradoodle breeding guy say so, or the guy that shilled for Boris Yeltsin? Only the best and brightest minds!
Biology 101 that light kills viruses
The conditions regarding temp humidity and sunlight were not only lab specific conditions but used in a extremely misleading way It's almost as if he doesn't realize we understand temp and humidity
All his life trump has been a con-man....a snake oil salesman.
Hot as boiling water will kill the virus. Not just hot weather!
Trump struck a deal with Covid, will not infect U.S. people anymore, U.S. official says.
🤦♂️please don't say US official, he is in the US but he's a official of and for Stupid...
It kills the virus on open surface and in the air so reduces the possibility of transmission from that Avenue. Think of it as using an anti viral wash or spray.
Seriously? I feel scientists are just pandering to Trump.
The virus is not only droplet but it's airborne.. It stays in the air even after a person leaves the room. Next, they'll be asking 'Hey Don, can I bring a blow torch with me and light it before I enter a room
F L O R I D A .....👏👏👏👏
Singapore is hot and humid. Doesn’t seems to be slowing it down there? wheresfauci TrumpLiesPeopleDie
Please don’t believe anything Trump says about this virus. No one understands this virus and Trump just likes to have something to say that makes him feel like a a hero.
Oh good Lord, what is happening to the world?
Terrible headline, call them out for promoting ideas not backed up.
Trump does a good job?
Who is this mutt Trump dragged up there?!?
Also don't feed it after midnight.
Also a US official says maybe we should inject disinfectants
We have all of that and more in Panama and it’s still spreading so jokes on you 👍🏽
...and don't forget your daily dose of disinfectant 💉😂😂
Maybe this is how we get the light in our bodies to combat Covid-19 -- ingesting bioluminescent plankton.
Why didn't somebody ask, why the pandemic also hits Indonesia, where it is plenty humid and warm?
And kryptonite, I hear. TrumpPandemic TrumpLiesAmericansDie
Just like it’ll be gone in the Spring. The spike in cases in Singapore says otherwise
Here in Australia I think fucking not.
I said this many times before and seeing the rate at which the the increase is going in my country I feel it is because of the rain
Anyone who believes anything this administration says is a moron...
I have volunteered all my bleach and Lysol to all Replicans for immediate controlled testing . Please respond .
Don't forget the disinfectant
I want to see Trump inject it 1st covid19 coronavirus COVID19Pandemic
Also drinking bleach and injecting isopropyl alcohol into your lungs works great
Dr. Birx is a medical doctor who took an oath to Do No Harm. She should have jumped up & told people NOT to put disinfectants/UV light in/on their bodies. She is required to speak up against Trump's lack of knowledge & blatant disregard for human life and well-being.
What has happened to the US? Seriously.
Don't worry frens! Trump has the cure!
idiots .... this has been debunked! Why is it raging hard in the countries with high temperatures right now? This White House is an embarrassment to medical facts and the responsibility they hold.
beach
Open the beach....lol
And injecting disinfectant
What an irresponsible fvcking headline.
PrefManaus desmente ai
Not surprising, UV light from the sun kills viruses and bacteria quickly. That does not, Mr President, mean sticking a UV flashlight up your ass will do anything useful.
Why are places like Singapore having outbreaks then?
You can also arm wrestle it, U.S. official says...
America went from Dickensian to mediaeval so fast I barely had time to notice
Maga = The Spook of The Nation
This is the first story on this with an accurate headline. Props !
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