In search of the origin of Corona virus

TL;DR

This study hypothesizes that the origin and outbreaks of the coronavirus are linked to solar activity, specifically sunspot cycles, and supports this with data on cosmic rays, ice cores, and pandemic timing.

Contribution

It introduces a novel hypothesis connecting solar cycles to viral outbreaks and provides evidence linking sunspot minima to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Findings

Correlations between sunspot minima and pandemic outbreaks

Viral diseases tend to occur during solar magnetically quiet periods

The 2019-2020 COVID-19 outbreak coincides with a sunspot minimum

Abstract

In this paper, the authors aim to find out the origin of the corona and the duration of the present pandemic caused by it. Besides, they aim to find out the reason for such outbreaks occurring often in China. They make a hypothesis that the origin of the virus is embedded in the solar cycle. Next, they have proved the hypothesis by investigating the sunspot number, the cosmic ray flux data, the concentration of 10 Be in the ice core in Greenland and based on the occurrence of past pandemics and endemics. The study shows that whenever the Sun is in the magnetically quiescent state, the world witnesses viral diseases. The study shows that the outbreak of the Corona is because of the minimum sunspot number during 2019-2020 and the Corona is likely to stay in the whole of 2020. The study indicates the occurrence of viral diseases in every 11-13 years. It also reveals that as the stratospheric thickness is the minimum at Wuhan, the virus had chosen this place as the first entry point to the Earth.