COVID - How to protect ourselves

[Kurt]

Just a theory...a big reason flu season is in winter is because we use heaters indoors which dries out the air. Viruses like cold dry air. Even though indoor temp is fairly constant, we use AC in summer and heaters in winter.

Wasn't it really rainey in CA this past winter? It's warmer and humid in the SE. A few Colorado mountain towns got hit pretty hard. They are tourist destinations but they are also cool/cold.

Above I posted about the optimal temp for COVID appears to be 47f. I'm guessing the further the temp is away from 47f the harder it is for COVID to survive. This doesn't mean kill it, only weaken it.

It's also shown recently that you probably need over 1000 COVID particles to become infected as your immune system can handle lower numbers. I think this is an underrated concept. Is it possible some folks get 1100 particles and others 3000 particles? Is it possible that warmer, wetter weather reduces (not kill) the number of particles which is why we see that pattern of COVID that we do? Can we turn up the heat and use humidifiers?

I'm sure there are plenty of other factors...but I haven't seen this discussed much and it does explain quite a bit.

Also, the 1000 particle theory supports wearing a mask that "only" filters 70% of the particles. This could be the difference between inhaling 2000 particles which you may not be able to handle or only 600 particles which you can...and this doesn't factor in the benefit of blocking the particles you may be spreading.