What Heat Really Does to the Virus

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Scientists and politicians have wondered for months whether the coronavirus would diminish, if not disappear entirely, over the summer. As the weather heats up in the Northern Hemisphere, and cools down in the Southern part of the world Jason Gale talked to one of America’s most respected public health experts to understand the facts about the virus in warm weather.

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0:36.1	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 79 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
0:45.5	Our main story, experts are trying to understand whether the weather has an impact on the coronavirus.
0:54.2	Specifically, will outbreaks recede as the northern hemisphere gets warmer?
1:00.8	The answer may have more to do with sunlight than heat.
1:06.3	But first, here's what happened today. Washington, D.C. is lifting its stay-at-home order starting today.
1:25.6	That's seen by some as a win for President Donald Trump.
1:30.5	Trump has been strongly urging states to start up their economies again, but D.C., one of the
1:36.8	worst hotspots in the nation, had been a holdout. The symbolic victory for Trump could be
1:43.2	short-lived if a resurgence of the virus in Washington turns into an equally potent symbol of the downside of Trump's go-fast approach.
1:54.6	Greece will reopen its borders on June 15th to visitors from China and 28 other countries.
2:03.3	It's one of the first nations in Europe to try to revive its tourism sector. The list of countries from which travel is permitted is based
2:09.7	on their epidemiological profile, according to the Athens-based tourism ministry, and does not include
2:16.5	the U.S.
2:23.3	Greece seemed to bring its coronavirus outbreak under control relatively quickly. Tourism in that country accounts for about a fifth of gross domestic product.
2:28.3	And finally, Americans are just not spending money.
2:33.3	U.S. consumer spending plunged by the most on record in April.
2:39.0	It's not surprising that between soaring unemployment and shuttered businesses, the pandemic has
2:44.8	forced people to stop spending on everything but the most essential goods and services.
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