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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4496693" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200323-coronavirus-will-hot-weather-kill-covid-19" target="_blank">Will warm weather really kill off Covid-19?</a>“Coronaviruses are a family of so-called “<a href="https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/factsheet-health-professionals-coronaviruses" target="_blank">enveloped viruses</a>”. This means they are <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065352708602869?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">coated in an oily coat</a>, known as a lipid bilayer, studded with proteins that stick out like spikes of a crown, helping to give them their name – corona is Latin for crown.Research on other enveloped viruses suggests that this oily coat makes the viruses more susceptible to heat than those that do not have one. In colder conditions, the oily coat hardens into a rubber-like state, much like fat from cooked meat will harden as it cools, to protect the virus for longer when it is outside the body. Most enveloped <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37481-y" target="_blank">viruses tend to show strong seasonality</a> as a result of this.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4496693, member: 48469"] [URL="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200323-coronavirus-will-hot-weather-kill-covid-19"]Will warm weather really kill off Covid-19?[/URL] “Coronaviruses are a family of so-called “[URL='https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/factsheet-health-professionals-coronaviruses']enveloped viruses[/URL]”. This means they are [URL='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065352708602869?via%3Dihub']coated in an oily coat[/URL], known as a lipid bilayer, studded with proteins that stick out like spikes of a crown, helping to give them their name – corona is Latin for crown. Research on other enveloped viruses suggests that this oily coat makes the viruses more susceptible to heat than those that do not have one. In colder conditions, the oily coat hardens into a rubber-like state, much like fat from cooked meat will harden as it cools, to protect the virus for longer when it is outside the body. Most enveloped [URL='https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37481-y']viruses tend to show strong seasonality[/URL] as a result of this.” [/QUOTE]

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