Brakelite
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Interesting. I wonder if a radically inefficient immune system among the Innuit being mainly meat eating communities could be responsible for such a high mortality rate.Not sure, but I think it's the UV light from the sun that is a factor.
How water droplets interact with the lungs? I'm not sure. I know one thing, that when you breath, the air comes out is at 100% humidity. That means if you're in a dry house, you're losing more water through your lungs than if your house had a higher level of humidity. Again, I'm guessing, but I wonder if the dry cough associated with about 60% of covid cases could be more environmentally caused than related to the virus itself. If you were in a dry environment, you'd be losing more water from your lungs. That might mean water droplets could be more easily absorbed in the lungs? It's very odd that about a third of covid cases have the opposite, the wet or productive cough.
There was a mass grave in Alaska for bodies of indigenous people when the Spanish flu hit their village. Eighty people lived in that village, and 72 died.
How an Alaska village grave led to a Spanish flu breakthrough
One hundred and two years ago, a strain of influenza virus spread across the globe, eventually reaching Brevig Mission in Alaska. Five days after the flu hit the Seward Peninsula, 72 of the 80 villagers in Brevig Mission were dead.
Through a series of events suited to a detective novel, researchers made a connection between Brevig Mission and the flu virus that helped prevent another outbreak of the 1918 flu, one of the worst epidemics ever experienced.
There's news here in Victoria of a fatality of a 30 something year old. Everyone else in the past 7 days or more were over 70. Until now. And the media is presenting this data as cause for more concern that "everyone is in danger" etc etc. What they aren't telling us is if the person was having health issues which exacerbated the problem with the virus. And I don't expect they will.
I think if someone is unwell and suspect a virus of whatever make and model, would do better than huddle over a heater or lie in a hot bed all day and night with the curtains drawn. Better I think to open the windows to let fresh air circulate stay warm by all means but how often do we warm ourselves to such levels that if it were summer we would be wanting to cool off?