The role of the Sun in the spread of viral respiratory diseases

I guess this is as good as an explanation as any. A place to start. Though I don’t understand what practical application such knowledge would have.

There appears to me to be a fair amount of logic to their contention about UV energy and virus cycles. It will be interesting to see how we (southern hemisphere) follow this cycle as we are seven months into a lock-up-or-down, depending on your view. It appears a person can utilize sun screen as personal protection while the UV death rays are killing the airborne virus molecules, a win-win kind of a deal. I’m on my way to a therapy session, more commonly known as a round of golf. Cheers.

The link between the Sun and some viral seasonality seems unequivocal, but may be only the tip of the Sunberg.
Back in 1958 a truly fascinating paper was published by Max Knoll in the Eranos yearbook “Man and Time”. The Eranos yearbook was a summary of the then annual meetings of a group of distinguished scholars mostly drawn form the psychological sciences, mythographers, historians, biological science and various other disciplines.

Max Knoll’s article was entitled “Transformation of Science in Our Age” and was a kind of pre-figuring of how we were just beginning to understand links between physical phenomena and human wellbeing at a deeper level. The article was a real standout in what is always a fascinating yearbook, but the real sting in the tail was an appendix “B.Some Astrobiological Phenomena” which looked briefly at the work by various specialists who had found correlations between the Sun and the rate of incidence of various diseases and mortality fluctuations.

A particular stunning feature is a page (no.295) of graphs based on the 27 day solar rotation. Graphs are shown for the monthly variation in death rates in Copenhagen, sunspot numbers, death rates from diseases of the nervous system and sense organs and mental disease, deaths from suicide, deaths from circulatory diseases and senility diseases, respiratory failure diseases, and all causes excluding homicides.

The astonishing thing is how entirely similar the plots are to each other and the 27 day sunspot and magnetic “character” over a solar month. ( It struck me that the graphs all look remarkably like the double peak of a heartbeat).

I know that you have to be very suspicious of spurious correlations, but the almost identical appearance of the plots looks very remarkable. I have no idea whether this paper has ever been examined by qualified people since or been totally discredited or even been looked at since. But if any of the correlations hold true either in the particular or generality then they must be of some importance, even if only in terms of medical planning. I certainly don’t feel qualified to pass any judgement on the validity of the paper, but it was prepared for a very distinguished audience which would quickly have ripped to shreds any sub-standard work.

(Yes, if you are wondering, I found it fascinating reading because I’m interested in antiquity and much of the Eranos yearbooks is about early history and humanity)

ooooh the correlation im looking at?
is the ENSO meters wonderful big swing to the near -1.5

you little ripper(for aussie rains)

Well, we know that viruses spread indoors, not outside, so the UV light would have to have its sterilizing effect indoors. Not very likely. If there was an effect, it would be very small. Not unlike the warming effect of man’s CO2.

Bring on herd immunity and stop these country-destroying lockdowns now! From the BMJ: Covid-19: T cell response lasts for at least six months after infection, study shows. https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4257

Please bare with me on this because it’s very important to what I say later about COVID-19 and the use of Far UVC on Respiratory Viruses.

In March of 2019 I had a Heart Attack brought on by 2 decades of type 2 diabetes. My Cardiologist warned me I was High Risk about Respiratory Viruses and Respiratory Bacterial Infections that could literally kill me and I needed to take extra precautions. I was prescribed 50 mcg Vitamin D3 twice a day. Along with Brilinta blood thinner, a 81 mg Aspirin and Atorvastatin calcium.

I have been studying about Respiratory Pathogens since April of 2019 and logged well over 400 hours of research since then by reading actual studies and history of these Pathogens. When SARS-CoV-2 came to the U.S. in February of 2020 this added to my concerns and most of those hours of research have been since then. I was OSHA Certified in 1998 and months of studying of all forms of PPE was required to pass the exams. I have had Chronic Bronchitis all my adult life. I have worked in many fields where PPE was required and I have numerous hobbies where PPE are required. Before I got my OSHA Certification a Respiratory Specialist told me I have been slowly killing myself by creating Hypoxia from decades of wearing PPE that has lowered my Blood Oxygenation and reduced my Lung Capasity. She told me this by itself most likely contributed to my type 2 Diabetes and being overweight (376 lbs at that time) also being a cause of Hypoxia Conditions.

Every Health Conditions I mentioned makes me Extremely High Risk for Respiratory Pathogens. And my wife is also Extremely High Risk too. Just so you know why my educating myself was important.

My OSHA Certification was never used because of my health and would have required my wearing of more PPE wherever I had to do inspections. None of the Medical Grades of “Masks” are designed to “Reduce the Spreading of Viruses” and many studies say that under Controlled Conditions the Reduction of Pathogens was “Insignificant” in comparison to those whom wore nothing to those that wore “Masks” that were professionally Fitted to the other’s. “Insignificant” ranging from 2% to 4% Reductions depending on the studies. When you take that being under Controlled Conditions and then Governments making Mandates for the General Population that are Untrained in their use, that even if EVERYONE wore Professional Grades of “Masks” that would Insignificantly Reduce the Spreading. But they’re ideologies are that even an “Insignificant Reduction” becomes “Significant Reductions” in populations of Millions of people.

Now about Ultraviolet Radiation being able to Destroy the RNA of Respiratory Pathogens rendering them Non-Contagious is well documented. Once their outer RNA Protiens are destroyed they can’t enter into other cells to Reproduce. Ultraviolet Radiation destroys those RNA Protiens but UVA and UVB are too big of a Particle Size to enter into those RNA. And both UVA and UVB and UVC larger than 257 μm are known to cause Cancer and Retinal Deterioration. Our Atmosphere effectively destroys UVC in the Stratosphere and Ionosphere before it can reach the Troposphere…except maybe some that comes through Ozone Holes. Governments have not given Reccomendations for Ultraviolet Light because of their Carcinogenic and Retinal Deterioration effects against Viruses. But several newer studies with Far UVC under 222 μm have proven to Destroy Viruses RNA and is too small to penetrate into below the Dead Skin Layer to cause Cancer and any Retinal Damage other than feeling like you have Sand in your eyes if you’re looking at the Far UVC Light Source for very long. Since Visible Lights are Rays emitted from a source they can be reflected off of materials and penetrate materials to various degrees. But Far UVC can only be created artificially using High Grade Quartz Glass as normal Silica Glass used in Windows blocks Ultraviolet Radiation and the newer the Window Panes the higher the UV Protection that have for Energy Efficiency. So wearing Sunglasses and especially those Blue Blocker types when around Far UVC is how I keep from getting that “Sand in the Eyes” feeling. Medical Facilities have used Multigermacidal Ultraviolet Lights as Disinfectants for many years to treat rooms, hallways and to sterilize medical equipment and instruments. Many Asian Countries have been putting Far UVC Lights in all their Public Transportation and Facilities and Medical Facilities since this COVID-19 Pandemic. You’re more likely to get Cancer or Retinal Damage just going outside for awhile than from Far UVC Lights on constantly. But the “downside” is that Far UVC doesn’t penetrate things like Dust Particles where Aerosols of Mucous Containing Viruses can latch onto them. It cannot penetrate into small nooks and crevices or underneath anything the Light Rays are not reaching. But in every building these Far UVC Lights can be strategically placed to Destroy Viruses in Aerosols and on Surfaces…with great effect of Reducing them and used both daylight and night. Just a half a second was found to Destroy the RNA of SARS-CoV-2 under Far UVC by one study I read.

As for this “Seasonal Spreading” you can literally follow how outbreaks increase and decrease by the Weather Changes. But it’s not because of the Solar Activity Radiation on these Pathogens. It’s because the Population goes inside more whenever these Weather Changes occur and the studies in Asia showed how Recirculated Air Conditioning was where the majority of their population cases and death’s occurred, where the districts that were poorer had fewer to no cases and death’s as their buildings had more open airflow with shutters and not window panes and the population lived more outside than inside. The Pandemic hit the U.S. Northeast and West Coast first whenever it was Colder and Hotter. As cases and death’s declined there it increased in the Southern States as it got hotter and more people moved Inside. As we are entering Autumn the cases and death’s are increasing because more of the population is going inside longer than being Outside. Airborne Viruses created by the Wearing of Masks makes Large Globs of Infected Mucous into Tiny Aerosols that linger for days INSIDE Air Controlled Buildings. Where Masks are designed to retain the Larger than their Pore Size Particles. Mucous is a Fluid that breaks apart under the pressure of normal breathing and those larger particles become smaller particles that becomes Airborne. This is simple science. All “Masks” are rated using Preconditioned 80% Humidity for 30 minutes before being professionally put into a Dummy. Then an exact measure of Dry Sodium Chloride of a specific Mesh is directed onto these “Masks” where a specific Vacuum is used to draw air through the Mask. Any fool understands that Salt hitting Moisture cakes up on the Material. The amount that goes through the Pores is measured to obtain their Rating.

Being Outside not only gives us Vitamin D through our skin but also through our Eyes. Vitamin D Deficiency was the first discoveries found in Europe to whomever was getting the sickest to those Asymptomatic. Living Inside reduces the Ultraviolet Radiation that creates Vitamin D the population is getting far less of. While living inside where these Aerosols can linger for days. And those Aerosols are small enough to contain hundreds of any Viruses in Aerosols Small enough to go right through the Pores of Professional Masks…as people are wearing Cloth Face Coverings. That their “Lifestyles” are what is causing these Pathogens to become Pandemic.