Posted by probability > 2020-02-08 23:20 | Report Abuse

I did say the same on 1st Feb. What took so long for the scientist to figure out?

Posted by probability > Feb 1, 2020 7:02 PM | Report Abuse X

Indonesia despite having 270 Million population and likely more workers working abroad and mainland chinese within the country...recorded nil patients.

This is a stark difference to Germany where asymptomatic infection took place across person to person in 3 stages even before the first victim showed symptoms.

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Definitely humidity plays a significant role on the spread-ability of the virus. Hotter climate close to the sea like Indonesia...ensures high humidity level. And high humidity is definitely preventing novel coronavirus ability to float for spreading which can only take place within a circumference of 2 meter (just 6 feet!) before it drops to the ground.

Posted by probability > 2020-02-09 12:56 | Report Abuse

The weather in China is also changing rapidly....even there the infections cases will become close to nil soon.

Posted by chinaman > 2020-02-09 12:59 | Report Abuse

yes, only super hot sunshine and humidity will be game changer of this virus. We pray hard for super hot summer to kill off all these gems asap. We rely on god of sun now.

Posted by Shinnzaii > 2020-02-09 16:50 | Report Abuse

Japan sauna and onsen can try neh...hehe

Posted by probability > 2020-02-09 17:19 | Report Abuse

It is the HUMIDITY which decreases the float-ability of the virus before it drops to the floor within 2 meter radius of a man's exhaled air. As there is less free space on air for the virus to move randomly before it drops by gravity.

Further, at high temperatures, the density of air is lower, causing the virus to have lesser buoyancy force to float.

And, at higher humidity the virus has to compete with more H2O molecules on the vulnerable membranes of nasal path, lungs, and eyes for 'sites to latch on' before penetrating the skin and multiplying inside.

A dry air makes it extremely easy for the virus to latch on. A virus is just a chemical structure which needs the help of physics law for spreading.

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Any environments in a country has this measurement called as 'relative humidity'...its a measure of humidity level - i.e what percentage of the air has water molecules (H20).

Any country with an environment TEMPERATURE which is high AND placed near to the sea / rivers (like vietnam)...will have high relative humidity as the high TEMPERATURE increases the amount water droplets in vapor forms as the molecules has more energy.

This is well known by the chemist and biologists.

As such equatorial places like Indonesia with high temperature and surrounding sea surface ratio to land (even Vietnam) will have high humidity.

Posted by i3lurker > 2020-02-09 17:24 |

Post removed.Why?

Posted by probability > 2020-02-09 17:32 | Report Abuse

so fast the news came!

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-cases-in-wuhan-may-be-nearing-peak-study-finds

Assuming current trends continue, we're still projecting a mid-to-late-February peak" in Wuhan, said Associate Professor Adam Kucharski, an infectious disease epidemiology expert in an email Sunday (Feb 9).

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"There has been a stabilisation in the number of cases reported from Hubei, and we're in a four-day stable period where the number of reported cases hasn't advanced," Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, told reporters in Geneva Saturday.

"That's good news and may reflect the impact of the control measures that have been put in place."

There has been a "low, but steady incidence" of infections in places outside Hubei, Dr Ryan said. It's unclear which of those provinces may control the disease or where it might escalate, he said.

"We hope that the same stabilisation that appears to be occurring in Wuhan also occurs outside," Dr Ryan said

Posted by JN88 > 2020-02-09 18:40 | Report Abuse

Who dare to report themself not feeling well and maybe infected novel coronovirus in Indonesia?? You will be totally gone next second ....