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THANKFUL FOR COLD WEATHER

Katcat1 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:56:20 GMT

Today it is 60 but on Saturday it will be low 30's which will help kill germs. This is for the Chicagoland area. Stay safe.

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Gorgf — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:04:18 GMT

@Katcat1 We are Up North and getting a rain/snow mix. I am Thankful I live in rural area and many places are still open and operating. I own an acre and a half and neighbors are not on top of each other. Some times I don't talk to anyone face to face for weeks.

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millieshops — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:11:51 GMT

If cold were all it took to be in a safer place, I'd be out of Florida already!

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ID2 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:12:51 GMT

Nope, I'm hoping the nicer weather comes soon. We can all open our windows and get ourselves outside and rid ourselves of all of these nasty germs.

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ID2 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:18:49 GMT

@Gorgf wrote:
We are Up North and getting a rain/snow mix. I am Thankful I live in rural area and many places are still open and operating. I own an acre and a half and neighbors are not on top of each other. Some times I don't talk to anyone face to face for weeks.

@Gorgf I totally beg to differ!! I live in a very rural area in upper Michigan and we are all closed down! Nothing is open here! Restaurants are only open for curbside delivery. Why on earth tempt fate?? Living rural doesn't at all me that we should let down our guard. Wow.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:22:19 GMT

Cold weather makes people go indoors where other people are...not exactly what we need right now.

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ScrapHappy — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:26:36 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
Today it is 60 but on Saturday it will be low 30's which will help kill germs. This is for the Chicagoland area. Stay safe.

Send it here. In the Southeast we've been warming up. Most days in the 70's and today may be close to 80. It's been like this for nearly 2 weeks. We're already seeing mosquitos everywhere!

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Carmie — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:40:30 GMT

Cold and even freezing temperatures do not kill bacteria or viruses. It can put them into hibernation only to wake up when they are warmer.

I prefer warmer weather. I have had enough of winter.

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artisto — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:48:51 GMT

Hot weather is a valuable asset as well:

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-does-warm-weather-slow-spread-virus-maybe/UZQ4XTXWMRHVTLGN5WN5O6OL4U/

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Lipstickdiva — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:49:57 GMT

How does cold weather kill viruses? I thought warm weather did which is why the flu is more rampant when it is colder?

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spiderw — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:55:16 GMT

Our winter has been mild for the most part so I am not wishing it away for the hot and humid weather I can't stand. In my opinion stagnant hot and humid weather isn't healthy and I would never live in a climate which falls in that category. But that is me and how I feel. We all have our likes and dislikes and do what suits us.

Stay safe everyone, take nothing lightly or for granted with this virus.

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x Hedge — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:56:27 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
Today it is 60 but on Saturday it will be low 30's which will help kill germs. This is for the Chicagoland area. Stay safe.

I thought they looked at the spread of the virus throughout the global weather variances, and found the higher temps combined with higher humidity to show the lowest/slowest spread/most promise.

But is it because cold naturally makes us want to huddle together, and sticky heat makes us want to keep more of a distance...and not the way the virus itself reacts to heat & humidity?

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ahoymate — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:56:36 GMT

KatCat1, do your homework. Not true.

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Gourmet — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:02:34 GMT

Cold does not kill germs. Back in the day when it was raining and snowing on the farm we prayed for the sun. what you need is Sunny weather to keep the germs at bay. I hate the heat, but right now we need it to help with this bad condition.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:10:44 GMT

Cold weather is going to force people to be inside. It may kill the outside germs, it's not killing the inside germs.

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LizzieInSRQ — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:14:12 GMT

This is a false sense of security since the virus compounded in winter

@Katcat1 wrote:
Today it is 60 but on Saturday it will be low 30's which will help kill germs. This is for the Chicagoland area. Stay safe.

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stuyvesant — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:14:23 GMT

I'm grateful for the population density in NYC. Because we're all on top of each other, we are more careful with our virus precautions. Lol

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Kachina624 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:14:31 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
Cold and even freezing temperatures do not kill bacteria or viruses. It can put them into hibernation only to wake up when they are warmer.

I prefer warmer weather. I have had enough of winter.

@Carmie Concur. It was very cold in China where this virus first ran rampant.

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Janey2 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:53:05 GMT

Viruses do not like sun and humidity.

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software — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:33:33 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
Cold and even freezing temperatures do not kill bacteria or viruses. It can put them into hibernation only to wake up when they are warmer.

I prefer warmer weather. I have had enough of winter.

I understand that to be true as well.

It's a factor in the reason people get flu more in the winter.

It also could be the reason Singapore has not had a huge outbreak of coronavirus

Too hot & humid. Virus doesn't travel as well in a hothouse environment.

Made it easy for the doctors to determine a family from China arrived for shopping, now 100s are infected.