What is the difference between sitting in a sauna vs sitting in a car left outside in the summer heat? Why is one regarded as healthy and the other often fatal?
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Saunas are regulated by the humans who use them, and so they’re kept at a temperature that is endurable for a fixed length of time. So it’s generally not going to be so hot that it’s fatal unless extraordinary events occur, like a person passes out and stays in too long. It CAN be so hot it is fatal, such as in a contest in Finland that involves people enduring saunas designed to be super hot. A guy died after 6 minutes in such a sauna and another was hospitalized. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/08/sauna-championship-russian-dead
Hot cars aren’t designed for human safety. They’re inherently unsafe because under normal summer conditions, they will be fatal fairly quickly.
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