Cusco altitude = 11,152 feet
COVID-19 cases per million inhabitants in the provinces of Peru
Map of Peru
Propagation by COVID-19 at high altitude: Cusco case - May 2020
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Many of the COVID-19 infections are in tourists (who have not gotten lots of UVB), not locals
"....Cusco, 6.7 % of men are obese, compared to Lima, where 24.4 % are.""
Note - The highest altitude state in the US (with the most UVB) also has the lowest obesity
Colorado has the best UV (and thus best health) in the US has the following chart
VitaminDWiki Items in both categories UV and Virus:
- COVID and other Virus fought by UV - many studies
- Model discovered: More UV, less COVID (many excellent charts) – Sept 2022
- COVID hospital deaths reduced 2X by 8 days of UVB – pilot RCT May 2022
- UV and COVID: Prevention and perhaps treatment
- 11 percent fewer COVID-19 deaths if lockdowns had allowed sunshine – Nov 2021
- COVID-19 deaths - 30 percent fewer if high UVA (US, etc) – Aug 2021
- 4th highest county in the US has a very low COVID-19 rate (high UV, high vitamin D)
- COVID-19 onset strongly associated with latitude in Europe (Vitamin D)– Jan 21, 2021
- UV provides the best explanation of COVID-19 variation in Italy (74 pcnt) – Nov 2020
- More UVB, less Coronavirus – including SARS-CoV-2 – Aug 2020
- Less COVID-19 at high altitude due to more Vitamin D or other possible reasons – July 2020
- Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in the summer (Europe, Canada)
- High-altitude Cusco, Peru has far lower rate of COVID-19 than others (high UVB and Vitamin D) - June 2020
- Influenza Virus aerosols killed by 10 minutes of sunlight (far faster if use UV-C) – Nov 2019
- Influenza Virus aerosols killed by 10 minutes of sunlight (faster if use UVB, UVCC– Nov 2019
- Ultraviolet light kills cold and flu viruses, and generates Vitamin D in the skin
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Related studies from the web
- https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.03.20167262 |Cities at high altitude (Peru) have far less COVID-19 infection] Aug 14, preprint FREE PDF
- Increased UVB and Vitamin D at high altitude are not even mentioned as possible mechanisms
- The advantages of ultraviolet radiation in controlling the coronavirus at high-altitude - Bolivia Aug 2020
- High altitude reduces infection rate of COVID-19 but not case-fatality rate - Oct 2020 FREE PDF
- Altitude as a protective factor from COVID-19 - preprint Aug 5 FREE PDF
- Lower Incidence of COVID-19 at High Altitude: Facts and Confounders - July 21, 2020 FREE PDF