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CAN FLU VIRUS BE KILLED BY INCREASED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE? In the United States, the flu season occurs in the colder months. Research has shown that the influenza virus has a "butter-like coating". In winter, the coating becomes a hardened shell, allowing it to survive until it enters the respiratory tract. In the summer, with higher ambient temperature, the coating melts before the virus reaches the respiratory tract, and presumably killing the virus, and accounting for the seasonality of influenza. If this is true, then can a high temperature blower, like a hair dryer, be used to sanitize hard surfaces in homes and buildings. Further, could raising interior home or business temperature to about 80-85 degrees F for about 2-3 hours periodically sanitize homes and business buildings?

Robert Fawley