"Controversial Las Vegas Mayor
Carolyn Goodman on Friday cited the city’s “extreme warmth” as a powerful protection against the coronavirus as businesses reopen.
Goodman was apparently relying on a perspective championed by President
Donald Trump at a
controversial press briefing Thursday in which he suggested
sunlight, heat, humidity and even “injections” of disinfectants could possibly impact the battle against the coronavirus.
But scientists have pointed out that COVID-19 has thrived in the warm climates of Singapore — and
Georgia and Florida. And even if a higher temperature might slow the growth of the virus, that doesn’t mean it would halt an outbreak.
Although the effect of “extreme warmth” on the virus “has not been clearly determined ... it is assumed that it shall deter its ferocity,” Goodman said in a statement. “We certainly are looking forward to having our desert heat provide that required substantiation. Our hot summer coupled with our unique economy compel us to be at the forefront of America’s ‘reopening.’” The mayor is eager for the city’s hotels and casinos to get back to business, but will let the operations decide when to do so.
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Yeah so the 6x higher any cause death in Ecuador's port not giving clues either??
And the WH released a doctored initial transcript
" The first transcript the White House sent had Birx bolstering Trump’s idea of applying “light and heat to cure.”
“That is a treatment,” it quoted her saying.
The transcript has now been corrected to say, “Not as a treatment.”
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