Don’t look up: ‘Astonishing number’ of viruses float down on us from the sky

VANCOUVER — This study will make you think twice about stepping outside for a breath of fresh air. A team of scientists from around the world confirmed millions of viruses rising into the atmosphere, traveling — sometimes for thousands of miles — and falling back down to the surface.

The study, carried out by researchers from the U.S., Canada, and Spain, is the first of its kind to confirm viruses are being swept up into the free troposphere — the layer of atmosphere between the area where Earth’s weather systems develop — and below the stratosphere, where airplanes fly.

The numbers are “astonishing” the researchers say; but remember, a virus is a tiny particle, little more than a strand of DNA and a mechanism for attaching to organic matter. Scientists aren’t suggesting the slightest bit that we should all return to spending our lives in lockdown again. Countless studies continue to point to the great health benefits from spending more time outdoors.

“Every day, more than 800 million viruses are deposited per square meter above the planetary boundary layer — that’s 25 viruses for each person in Canada,” says University of British Columbia virologist Curtis Suttle, lead author of the study, in a media release.

Scientists have been finding genetically similar viruses in disparate parts of the planet.

“Roughly 20 years ago we began finding genetically similar viruses occurring in very different environments around the globe,” says Suttle. “This preponderance of long-residence viruses travelling the atmosphere likely explains why—it’s quite conceivable to have a virus swept up into the atmosphere on one continent and deposited on another.”

Suttle and his team found that viruses and bacteria are often swept up into the atmosphere by attaching themselves to particles in soil dust and sea spray. The researchers used platforms in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains to detect how many viruses and bacteria were settling there every day. They found billions of viruses and tens of millions of bacteria being deposited there per square meter every day.

“Bacteria and viruses are typically deposited back to Earth via rain events and Saharan dust intrusions. However, the rain was less efficient removing viruses from the atmosphere,” adds study author Isabel Reche, a microbial ecologist from the University of Granada.

The full study is published in International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal.

This article was first published on February 8, 2018

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  1. And to the vaccine debate, why is it they tell is on one hand we get to many vaccinations, we need to limit getting them, and diseases are becoming tolerant to them, but they want us to get the flu vaccine like it actually helps. Seems to the ones who get the shot/mist are rhe ones who wnd up sick. Every year they say, the vaccine doesnt have the antibodies for the flu that going around, but get it anyway! Poison! Never had one and havent been sick in years (only when Pelosi speaks)! Eat right and your body can and will do amazing things!

    1. We had the flu this year, more important to get to the Dr quickly for Tamiflu than to get a vaccine, IMHO.

      1. And most doctors believe the benefit is greater than the risk. Anyway, my children are in their late teens & they did fine with Tamiflu.

      2. I’m sure the doctor prescribed Tamiflu because he felt that the risk to the child from the medication was greater than that of the illness. People die from the flu, especially children and elderly. Read up on it.

  2. If this is true, then these organisms are (more or less) ubiquitous across the planet. So…why worry about it?

  3. we that are awake all knew that certain gov planes were spraying toxic chemtrails into the atmosphere. especially populated cities. metro death dumps I call them. They are also modifying the climate through planes dumping sulfuric acid int the aky to dim the sun. no wonder we all have low vit e now. its never sunny anymore its always a plane induced white haze with artificial clouds that turn pink, purple, rainbow colors like chembows or sun halos (really chemical haze reflecting off the sunlight) these strange skies are the new norm!

  4. Until there is a nuclear holocaust, a constant rain of bio-hazards upon us, (like various flu’s), are the most efficacious way to eliminate mass groups of people…..relatively quickly, and at the same time, make a fast buck from pharma drugs.

  5. Imagine the poor fish..in an aquarium…or in the oceans..what we pour on top of them..then we eat them….sometimes..ya know..I feel like taking one big deep inhale of air..and just ending it all..

  6. All the absolutely ridiculous levels of corruption, to the point of pure evil in many cases, going on and being confirmed over the past several years.. And people still trust that the idea that this corruption could have spread into vaccine development and manufacture or chemical warfare on a global scale are ‘the talk of conspiracy nuts’? Humanity survived, and thrived, for how many hundreds of thousands of years without vaccines? Really activates the old noggin.

  7. This so-called “study” is really a COVER for the powers-that-be literally spreading these viruses through CHEM-TRAILS! They have been exposed, so they now come out with this ridiculous “study” because they believe we are too stupid to to not see right through it.

  8. I am a nurse so don’t buy into the FLU nonsense. Friends who have gotten the flu vaccine got sick within two days! Build up your immune system with a fresh fruit/vegetable smoothie twice a day. WASH your hands frequently, take sanitizer with you when you go out and USE IT OFTEN. COVER your mouth when you cough. Simple things will save you! God bless.


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