{"id":1737,"date":"2020-12-18T16:57:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2023-12-06T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:27:46","slug":"dr-fauci-just-confirmed-that-this-one-thing-kills-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/dr-fauci-just-confirmed-that-this-one-thing-kills-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fauci Just Confirmed That This One Thing Kills Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IT TURNS OUT, AMID CORONAVIRUS, SUMMER ISN’T JUST GOOD FOR YOUR VITAMIN D FIX, ACCORDING TO DR. FAUCI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. in March, there was wishful thinking that come summer, the\u00a0virus would be eradicated<\/a>. Many people took comfort in believing that the\u00a0warm weather would have a significant impact<\/a>\u00a0on the COVID-19 contagion. But considering the surges the Sun Belt states and now the Midwest have seen throughout June, July, and August thus far, it’s clear that’s sadly not the case. However,\u00a0summer does bring one benefit against COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0that the dreary winter and rainy spring months didn’t: sunshine. Recently, the nation’s top immunologist\u00a0Anthony Fauci<\/strong>, MD, confirmed that\u00a0sunlight kills coronavirus<\/strong>, giving you yet another reason to get outside this summer.<\/p>\n

During a spirited Instagram Live interview with\u00a0Matthew McConaughey<\/strong>, Fauci responded affirmatively when the actor asked if\u00a0sunlight kills COVID-19<\/a>. “It does. That’s one of the reasons why outside in the sun when you are interacting\u2026 That is much, much better than being inside,” Fauci said. He then summarized the benefits of the summer sun with one of his oft repeated mantras: “Outside is always better than inside.”<\/p>\n

When McConnaughey asked if that’s why certain island countries in the tropics have seen much lower COVID case levels overall, Fauci quickly affirmed that “it’s quite conceivable that that’s the case.”<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time scientists have hailed the sun’s coronavirus killing abilities. A study published in the\u00a0Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology\u00a0<\/em>in June\u00a0concluded that “90 percent or more of\u00a0SARS-CoV-2 virus will be inactivated<\/a>\u00a0after being exposed [to summer sun] for\u00a011 to\u00a0<\/span>34 minutes.”<\/p>\n

On top of that, the researchers noted that “99 percent of SARS-CoV-2 may be inactivated\u00a0within\u00a0<\/span>the two hours period around solar noon during summer in most U.S. cities located south of lati<\/span>tud<\/span>e 43 degrees north,” which is the large majority of cities in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The study authors also suggested that anyone spending time in the great outdoors can actually\u00a0develop a tolerance to COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0from exposure to deactivated viral fragments in nature. “Healthy people outdoors receiving sunlight could have been exposed to lower viral dose with more chances for mounting an efficient immune response,” the study reads.<\/p>\n

In fact, the sun kills coronavirus so effectively that scientists are currently exploring technology to mimic its effects. Artificial “far UV-C lights” are currently being tested as a safe way to efficiently and constantly disinfect indoor areas such as elevators, schools, restaurants, and public transportation.\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0reports that the carefully installed units could\u00a0inactivate 99.9 percent of viruses<\/a>\u00a0in just 25 minutes\u2014including two related coronaviruses responsible for the common cold. And for more advice from Fauci, check out\u00a0You Can Safely Keep Your Mask Off If You’re Doing This, Says Dr. Fauci<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zachary Mack, August 13th, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IT TURNS OUT, AMID CORONAVIRUS, SUMMER ISN’T JUST GOOD FOR YOUR VITAMIN D FIX, ACCORDING TO DR. FAUCI. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. in March, there was wishful thinking that come summer, the\u00a0virus would be eradicated. Many people took comfort in believing that the\u00a0warm weather would have a significant impact\u00a0on the COVID-19 contagion. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetanclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}