Scientists Hoped Summer Temperatures Would Tamp Down Covid-19 Cases. What Happened?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Just a few months back, some scientists hoped summer conditions might help tamp down coronavirus transmission.

Studies have shown simulated sunlight can inactivate the virus on surfaces and in the air, and one study found the virus deteriorates much more quickly in warmer temperatures than in cool temperatures. Some of the other coronaviruses that have long circulated in the population tend to peak in colder months and wane in the summer months, and some thought that summer heat and humidity could work to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Yet case counts of the novel coronavirus are surging in the U.S., recently hitting another single-day record of new infections.

There are three likely reasons, public-health and infectious-disease experts said. They have to do with the current levels of immunity in the population, how the virus is transmitted and how people behave.

Immunity to Covid-19 in the population is still low, the experts said, giving the virus lots of opportunities to spread. In one study published in the journal Science in May, researchers developed a model to see how seasonal changes in climate might affect the way Covid-19 spreads in cities in the U.S. and around the world.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-hoped-summer-temperatures-would-tamp-down-covid-19-cases-what-happened/ar-BB16FxyK?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[Siwsan]

1. Crowds of people gathering in air conditioned buildings.

That air being blown around. And even outdoors, people gathering, unmasked, in big crowds.

[Blue_true]

10. Nice cool air at the perfect humidity for SAR-COV-2, being recirculated so

that SAR-COV-2 gets several bites at the apple. What can go wrong?

[Nevilledog]

2. The experts are lying! The virus is now gone cuz it's summer!

[Baclava]

3. The virus thrives in a snugly warm 98.6 host, what makes anyone think it doesn't love the heat? lol

I heard it also loves AC cooled buildings, because that packs in the meatbags closer there

The only thing it really hates is the UV light at the beach, so it wants those closed, naturally

[GulfCoast66]

4. Air Conditioning happened.

No accident the south is getting killed. Few people want to eat outside at a restaurant even in the shade. It was 95 here in Florida today. Can’t even imagine why the are dealing with in the Southwest.

Of course Republican Governors are an even larger problem.

[IcyPeas]

5. If this is the virus tamped down...

I dread what is going to happen this fall and winter.

[Blue_true]

12. One of the strange possibilities that I see for Florida, Arizona, Texas

in the Fall is that SARS-COV-2 may seem to back off for a month, maybe a little more. The reason why is that, particularly Florida, the mid-October to mid-November timeframe is the “GoldieLocks” period for much of Florida, day and night temperatures that don’t require AC or re-circ heating. That may lure people here into a false sense of security, in particular given that we have a governor who can’t plan past his navel.

[Trek4Eva]

6. Was it really scientists or was it more dotard dump tRUMP and the whole tramp shaministration?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Yeah

I don’t think the scientific community as a whole were pushing that idea. Plus countries where it was hotter already was/is being hit hard

[LisaL]

7. It's not acting the same as flu does.

[Iggo]

8. Buncha fuckin idiots wouldn't stay home.

Ain’t no mystery.

[abqtommy]

11. Are these the same "scientists" that kept telling us that tRUMP was going to begin acting

Presidential? asking for a friend