Originally Posted by
wco81
I saw it posted somewhere that optimal transmission of the virus is at between 8 and 9 degrees Celsius. That's pretty cold. I would think even in colder places, buildings are heated to a much warmer temperature indoors.
8.72 degrees, to be “precise”.
The number was mentioned in the post below by
Diplomatico.
I haven’t read the article or study yet, but given that we don’t even seem to know with certainty yet what transmission mechanisms “work best”, being able to determine the perfect temperature for the virus to spread with two decimal places precision seems amazing to me.
Originally Posted by
Diplomatico
Coronavirus ‘highly sensitive’ to high temperatures, but don’t bank on summer killing it off, studies say
- Pathogen appears to spread fastest at 8.72 degrees Celsius, so countries in colder climes should ‘adopt the strictest control measures’, according to researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province
- But head of WHO’s health emergencies programme says it is ‘a false hope’ to think Covid-19 will just disappear like the flu
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/scie...nt-bank-summer