Hair Salons and other Corona Niches
So, what explains the high number of infections in hair salons? If you'd been following my posts, you'd know that it's a combination of two things. One, the salon is kept cold because they are using hair dryers and it cries out for air conditioning. Two, the coronavirus sticks to hair judging by the relative electrostatic properties: hair tends to be more positive while the virus is neutral or negative. Opposites attract and when that hair dryer goes off, the virus goes for a ride to its next victim. I guess you could add the talkative nature of the hairstylists but I'm only guessing at this. Perhaps a summary is in order. When the air is cold, the virus floats better because its density is less than that of cold air--the colder the air, the better it floats. We've encountered another niche that the virus loves: meat packers. These poor workers are really at the mercy of the coronavirus. Meat must be kept cold to keep it from spoiling and this allows coronavirus...