Climatological and social fallacies about COVID‑19 pandemic

Ambar Farooq; Uttam Kumar; Junaite Bin Gais Uddin; Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid; Matoor Mohsin Gilani; Taimoor Hassan Farooq; Awais Shakoor; Matloob Ahmad

doi:10.1007/s42398-021-00175-9

Climatological and social fallacies about COVID‑19 pandemic

Ambar Farooq, Uttam Kumar, Junaite Bin Gais Uddin, Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid, Matoor Mohsin Gilani, Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Awais Shakoor, Matloob Ahmad

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged as a major global challenge since 2019. With the fast rise in the infected cases and deaths worldwide, many environmental and climate-related myths and fallacies spreaded fast. These fallacies include virus cannot spread in hot and humid conditions, cold weather can inhibit the virus, drinking hot water and sunlight can help cure the COVID-19, ultraviolet (UV) disinfectant lamps and UV rays from sunlight can kill the virus, use of hairdryers and hot showers for virus prevention, etc. Social norms and mindset of the people in the world towards a pandemic are quite similar. The primary purpose of this article is to enlighten the readers regarding these climatological misconceptions and social fallacies, helping spread proper knowledge and manage the outbreak of this deadly pandemic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-584
Number of pages	6
Journal	Environmental Sustainability
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-021-00175-9
Publication status	Published - 2021

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