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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] TheGreenGolem 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But you do sound like an expert.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

too much youtube 🤷‍♂️

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