| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? 11:18 - Mar 24 with 1040 views | NotSure |
It appears that Covid19 is most prevalent in major cities and industrial regions. That could be just because people there live closer together or because air pollution has weakened the lungs.
Just a thought, it's not a scientific fact, I have no evidence to present and I do not wear tin foil hats. |  | | |  |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:23 - Mar 24 with 992 views | WD19 |
Its a variable, in the same way smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and stupidity are. |  | | |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:25 - Mar 24 with 986 views | Swansea_Blue |
The scientific community have certainly correlated particulates with an increase in rates of respiratory diseases. So it could well make people vulnerable to the virus. I wouldn't have thought it would have anything to do with infection rates though. |  |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:27 - Mar 24 with 978 views | footers |
Whether it's playing more a part in the spread of it I don't know, but that 3,800 deaths were attributable to air pollution last year in London alone is shocking. And you're certainly right that it won't help people with respiratory problems in tackling this virus. |  |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:30 - Mar 24 with 969 views | BloomBlue |
I thought some experts felt it was a factor in China. their pollution is so bad it's affected people's lungs and CV attacks that area |  | | |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:34 - Mar 24 with 958 views | Pinewoodblue |
While you are into deep thinking ask yourself if it is possible it was a virus that killed off the dinosaurs. |  |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:35 - Mar 24 with 951 views | WeWereZombies |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:25 - Mar 24 by Swansea_Blue |
The scientific community have certainly correlated particulates with an increase in rates of respiratory diseases. So it could well make people vulnerable to the virus. I wouldn't have thought it would have anything to do with infection rates though. |
Could there be anything in air full of crap being more difficult for the virus to get through? Is it more likely for a Covid-19 molecule to be 'intercepted' if it bumps into, for example, a carbon monoxide molecule then does the Covid-19 adhere; and then does the carbon monoxide 'take it down', down to the ground? Can Covid-19 live longer if it settles on molecules arising from air pollution?
And if the Covid-19 is released near a swamp, this is one for Berni Wrightson aficionados, and a Swamp Thing contracts coronavirus, does this make the creature more or less angry? [Post edited 24 Mar 2020 11:39]
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:39 - Mar 24 with 927 views | NotSure |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:30 - Mar 24 by BloomBlue |
I thought some experts felt it was a factor in China. their pollution is so bad it's affected people's lungs and CV attacks that area |
I hadn't read anything, just a thought. Got to much time on my hands now, too much thinking going on.
Scrambling around for positives but if the boffins can find a definitive link then the climate change argument will be on a completely new level. | | | |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 11:42 - Mar 24 with 913 views | linhdi |
There seems to be a real link to lung damage, hence vulnerability of older people. I suspect the clusters in conurbations are largely explained by social proximity. |  | | |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:17 - Mar 24 with 851 views | footers |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:15 - Mar 24 by Swansea_Blue |
Or maybe the virus can hitch a ride on particles and spread everywhere without human contact being needed 
This could be a Sci Fi writers paradise. |
So this bug's a freeloader too, eh, hitchhiking its way around the world with no petrol money. Damn millennial bugs. | |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:26 - Mar 24 with 829 views | WeWereZombies |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:15 - Mar 24 by Swansea_Blue |
Or maybe the virus can hitch a ride on particles and spread everywhere without human contact being needed
This could be a Sci Fi writers paradise. |
Viral Surfers from Planet Nine
It was a beautiful day, well it wasn't raining, in Aberystwyth. Rhys leaned in to embrace his girlfriend Megan but she stepped away.
'What is it, annwyl?' he exclaimed.
'Oh. bach, I'm feeling feverish and keep getting this dry cough. And I am getting drwg with you looking up Welsh expressions online'
'Not only that, Megan, you've sprouted antennae...' | |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:27 - Mar 24 with 809 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:17 - Mar 24 by footers |
So this bug's a freeloader too, eh, hitchhiking its way around the world with no petrol money. Damn millennial bugs. |
They're so woke | |
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| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:28 - Mar 24 with 797 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Does Air Pollution have a role to play in this? on 12:26 - Mar 24 by WeWereZombies |
Viral Surfers from Planet Nine
It was a beautiful day, well it wasn't raining, in Aberystwyth. Rhys leaned in to embrace his girlfriend Megan but she stepped away.
'What is it, annwyl?' he exclaimed.
'Oh. bach, I'm feeling feverish and keep getting this dry cough. And I am getting drwg with you looking up Welsh expressions online'
'Not only that, Megan, you've sprouted antennae...' |
Sounds like a normal conversation in our house! | |
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