Covid-19 is confirmed also an air-borne disease. This means staying indoors may not be safe. For example, a gust of wind carrying the viruses blowing into the house or anywhere in the environment may infect people with the viruses. Vaccines provide the cure. Prevention is better than cure. For prevention, there are disinfectants, UV lights, detergents, face-masks, face-shields, etc. However, is it viable to also have air-filtering equipment which suck in air, filter away the viruses and other harmful substances from the air and release virus-free, clean air into the environment?
As the viruses could not survive at high temperatures, how viable are “high temperature generating” equipment, for example, hot-air blowers, without harming people?
Thanks for info. I recall reading an article saying experiment in a French lab found it needs a very high temperature, almost boiling point, to kill the viruses; they found that a lower temperature inactivates the viruses but does not kill them.
For most ends and purposes, especially for hot climates, it appears to be the least practical solution. Electrostatic filtering and UVC are more promising.
True. For hotter climates, for example, in countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Africa, etc., which have tropical or sub-tropical climates, Covid-19 infections and casualties are relatively much lower than those in the colder countries, e.g., US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Iran, Sweden, etc. It has been found that the hotness of the tropical and sub-tropical countries puts a damper on or kill the viruses while the cold of the colder countries encourages their survival and proliferation. "Heating” equipment for reducing or eliminating infection might be more practical for colder countries, especially in winters.
Vaccines might not be effective especially if the viruses could change very quickly and become immune to them fast, if they were available. Though vaccines are important for the cure, prevention from infection should take precedence as infection might cause serious problems such as multiple organs failure if not death and a weakened body even if the person recovers.