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ArticlePhysics and chemistry of the earth (2002)2023

Combating COVID-19 crisis and exploring heat-based simple solutions.

Indrani Roy

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Article in Physics and chemistry of the earth (2002), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Indrani RoyUniversity College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BS, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic affected whole of the world taking many lives and impacting the economy and mental health severely. Exit pathways via vaccination though ignited optimism initially but attenuated by the emergence of several new variants which are less sensitive to vaccines. Considering emergency situations, some urgent, simple heat-based solutions for the initial stages of the disease were also proposed at the beginning of pandemic and further elaborated here. Solutions were proposed based on science as follows: exploring results of statistical analyses on the global transmission of COVID-19; observed temperature-dependent behaviours of similar category viruses; temperature-based clinical trial experiments with similar category viruses; successful clinical trial experiments with heat-based intervention for COVID-19 patients; and finally, biological mechanism/response in human bodies to heat-based solution for COVID-19 from medical doctor's perspective. Solutions proposed are practically without side effects, can be even practised in own home and there is no vested interest involved.

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Clinical trialCOVID-19Mass vaccinationSeasonalitySolutionsTemperature

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PMID36466955
PMCPMC9708609

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