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Can we assume that the virii can be suspended in the water vapor that is exhaled? If so, what effect does air temperature and relative humidity have? It was stu

by Geee 7y ago

Can we assume that the virii can be suspended in the water vapor that is exhaled? If so, what effect does air temperature and relative humidity have? It was studied before that the infections spread fastest in areas where temperature is 8.72 degrees Celsius [0]. [0] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coronavirus-highly-sensitive-high-temperatures-dont-bank-summer https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coro...

whateveracct 7y ago
Nit, but it isn't virii (doesn't make sense given etymology) It's viruses :)
- pbhjpbhj 7y ago
  It makes sense, but it's "wrong" if you're a prescriptivist ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_... is pretty thorough on the topic I'd say.
  - whateveracct 7y ago
    > However, in computer enthusiast circles in the late 20th century and early 21st, the non-standard viri form (sometimes even virii) was well attested, generally in the context of computer viruses. I think it's pretty funny that the incorrect usage is in computer circles. I have seen many engineer coworkers use the wrong -ii suffix (e.g. virii, statii) in order to sound "fancy" :eyeroll:
    - pbhjpbhj 7y ago
      I'm not sure it's to sound fancy, just done by naive analogy. And perhaps because viruseseseses sounds bad to English language natives. Here's a not unrelated question: 1 computer mouse, several computer ...?
    - benibela 7y ago
      Computer engineers should start using a regexp like syntax: 1 virus 2 virus+ 3 virus+ ... Then the engineer+ can also distinguish between multiple virus+ and no virus*.
- Geee 7y ago
  Actually, correct word in this case would have been 'virions'. Virion is a single virus particle. 'Virus' and 'viruses' refer to strains or species.
zer00eyz 7y ago
Read this: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036673v2 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036673v... Humidity has a tie to temperature and for this virus that seems to be the bigger "factor"

by Geee 7y ago

whateveracct 7y ago

Nit, but it isn't virii (doesn't make sense given etymology) It's viruses :)

pbhjpbhj 7y ago
It makes sense, but it's "wrong" if you're a prescriptivist ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_... is pretty thorough on the topic I'd say.
- whateveracct 7y ago
  > However, in computer enthusiast circles in the late 20th century and early 21st, the non-standard viri form (sometimes even virii) was well attested, generally in the context of computer viruses. I think it's pretty funny that the incorrect usage is in computer circles. I have seen many engineer coworkers use the wrong -ii suffix (e.g. virii, statii) in order to sound "fancy" :eyeroll:
  - pbhjpbhj 7y ago
    I'm not sure it's to sound fancy, just done by naive analogy. And perhaps because viruseseseses sounds bad to English language natives. Here's a not unrelated question: 1 computer mouse, several computer ...?
  - benibela 7y ago
    Computer engineers should start using a regexp like syntax: 1 virus 2 virus+ 3 virus+ ... Then the engineer+ can also distinguish between multiple virus+ and no virus*.
Geee 7y ago
Actually, correct word in this case would have been 'virions'. Virion is a single virus particle. 'Virus' and 'viruses' refer to strains or species.

zer00eyz 7y ago

Read this: Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036673v2 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036673v... Humidity has a tie to temperature and for this virus that seems to be the bigger "factor"