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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4768542" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>The original study, I believe, was looking at flu numbers, but may have included all seasonal respiratory illnesses. They haven't studied why the connection exists, but there are two hypotheses:</p><p></p><p>One being that the increase in moisture causes more droplets to fall out of suspension in the air and drop to the ground. Sort of like how rain scrubs pollutants out of the air.</p><p></p><p>The other is that the larger the droplets get after being expelled, the more dilute the virus is in each droplet, lowering the chances of viruses coming into contact with infectable cells. Which would also have a synergistic relationship with hydrated mucus membranes also preventing viruses from contacting infectable cells. </p><p></p><p>My opinion is that both are plausible, and both probably play a role in decreasing viral spread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4768542, member: 63706"] The original study, I believe, was looking at flu numbers, but may have included all seasonal respiratory illnesses. They haven't studied why the connection exists, but there are two hypotheses: One being that the increase in moisture causes more droplets to fall out of suspension in the air and drop to the ground. Sort of like how rain scrubs pollutants out of the air. The other is that the larger the droplets get after being expelled, the more dilute the virus is in each droplet, lowering the chances of viruses coming into contact with infectable cells. Which would also have a synergistic relationship with hydrated mucus membranes also preventing viruses from contacting infectable cells. My opinion is that both are plausible, and both probably play a role in decreasing viral spread. [/QUOTE]
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