Two separate studies were conducted on the effect of air humidity on preventing the spread of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), and they found, according to a report from Newsweek, that dry air impairs the ability of the lungs to overcome respiratory viruses and reduces the ability of our immune systems to control them when infected with them, and found the two studies According to the Dubai Future Foundation's "Observatory of the Future," increasing air humidity to 40-60% reduces the effectiveness of the virus, which is a weapon that may be used against it. "We spend 90% of our lives in our homes where the air is very dry in the winter, which is the best way to help the virus to survive and spread," said Akiko Ibuasaki, an immunologist at Yale University who led one of the studies to Newsweek.
Iwasaki collaborated with Swiss doctor Walter Hugentopler, who noticed that pilots and flight attendants had influenced the flu at an unusually high rate, and eventually linked this phenomenon to the very dry cabin air, and Hazer Ramandad, an engineer at MIT, found that the emerging Corona virus (Covid-19) had spread rapidly The largest in arid regions of Iran compared to the high humidity regions
These results indicate that the severity of the epidemic may decrease during the summer, which may prompt governments and people to reduce safety precautions and return to normal life. If that happens, it is expected - according to Newsweek - that the number of infections will rise and a second wave of disease outbreak appears when it dries up. The air again.
Iwasaki called on the WHO to increase internal moisture as a preventive measure, especially in public places such as hospitals - but the organization has yet to respond.

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