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tweeks@feddit.nl 10 months ago
It feels so weird to me that the small change in degrees might actually kill a virus. I mean, wouldn’t all viruses by now have become accustomed to “warmer climates”?
Or is it a cat / mouse game, our bodies being able to heat up more and them getting more fire resistant by the year. Was a fever less hot a couple of hundred years ago?
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I am not an expert but I believe the temp threshold is for when proteins denature due to the ambient heat overcoming the strength of the bonds (mostly h-bonding i believe) that hold the protein in its specific tertiary structure and when you exceed it the proteins unfold/break
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read that this is a common misconception: the high heat is not enough to denature any proteins (else it would kill you too) and, what’s more surprising, it actually makes viruses/bacteria more active. But it also makes your immune system more active, with an overall win in effectiveness over the microbes, which is what makes it useful.
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Interesting! Im going to have to rabbit-hole this I suppose.
TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
But you do sound like an expert.
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 10 months ago
too much youtube 🤷♂️