Per, Consumerlab.com, heat is very effective in killing the virus but not the kind of heat provided by hot weather.
Heat can disinfect objects. They say a 2003 study showed that if the virus is exposed to very high temperatures, the virus would deactivate. Here is a list of how hot it must be and for how long in order to deactivate the organism.
Hot hot Exposure time
- 167 degrees 30 min
- 152 degrees 60 min
- 132 degrees 90 min
As we move in to summer, let's not let our guard down. High So Florida temps would appear to be ineffective in neutralizing the Coronavirus.
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