# Cars & COVID--does it die?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994 "2020-04-03T19:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994/1 "2020-04-03T19:49:27Z")

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The inside of a car tops 130 degrees, if you leave it in the sun.

If I leave the car set 24 hours, will the CV-19 dies?

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994/2 "2020-04-03T21:19:58Z")

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The science is incomplete, we don’t know. UV Light is the main killer not the heat, but you’re guaranteed to have shady spots inside a car so you can’t rely on it. Also, it’s unlikely the sun shines for 24 hours where you live, so the suggested time and temp in this solution is inaccurate.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994/3 "2020-04-03T21:28:29Z")

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Your car windows block much of the UV light anyway.