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crimycarny

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60. Actual scientific data--jury is still out

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:26 PM

Mar 2020

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-does-warm-weather-slow-spread-virus-maybe/UZQ4XTXWMRHVTLGN5WN5O6OL4U/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615381/coronavirus-spread-could-slow-with-warmer-weather/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-outbreak-will-it-go-away-in-summer-expert-weighs-in/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=84582381&fbclid=IwAR1GfeeW-myfst-wzIOSRhjB8vNS1tD1iDqm8RebfUW37vcbnzE1GZAYcZw

Bottom line, no one knows. It's not going to change anything I do to make sure I don't spread the disease, but I'm going to listen to what the scientists and researchers say and not draw conclusions based on anything else.

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Heat Has NO IMPACT on COVID-19 [View all] LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 OP

NYC has more cases than those combined evertonfc Mar 2020 #1

The question is HOW LONG has the disease been spreading... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #4

Are those Brazilian cases in Rio? misanthrope Mar 2020 #14

The Map Says.. LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #17

I suspect that Brazil's numbers are higher because malaise Mar 2020 #27

But.. but... hair shitler said it would go away when it warmed up in April... Talitha Mar 2020 #2

Each of those places receives many foreign visitors jberryhill Mar 2020 #3

If you look at a current map of cases in the US, most are in the larger cities with the propencity southerncrone Mar 2020 #5

what is their population density? pstokely Mar 2020 #6

Buenos Aires is pretty dense Rstrstx Mar 2020 #8

Sao Paulo, Brazil? jberryhill Mar 2020 #25

Wrong Aquaria Mar 2020 #35

Fixed it jberryhill Mar 2020 #36

the Grotesque Orange Pustule thought covid19 is like the flu ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #16

But it's not winter in Argentina now Aquaria Mar 2020 #34

Yes, that's the point jberryhill Mar 2020 #37

Argentina and Brazil are most definitely NOT COLGATE4 Mar 2020 #7

All of those places have been very warm SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #10

My point was that they do not have "warm and hot" climate COLGATE4 Mar 2020 #40

Okay, here we go... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #11

And tell me about Tampa, Florida in comparison jberryhill Mar 2020 #26

That's really BGBD Mar 2020 #9

If it makes one feel better.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #12

Is that a measured and tested hypothesis or a spurious correllation? LanternWaste Mar 2020 #63

That's because the people who fly on planes tend to be richer meadowlander Mar 2020 #15

Rich people don't BGBD Mar 2020 #21

I'm talking about averages across the population. meadowlander Mar 2020 #22

Most Northern Hemisphere countries Aquaria Mar 2020 #42

Seasonality BGBD Mar 2020 #50

+1000 Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #56

Also, you know, Wuhan meadowlander Mar 2020 #13

Thanks for the information.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #18

Get a grip on yourself jberryhill Mar 2020 #28

Jury is still out crimycarny Mar 2020 #19

If it makes you feel better.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #20

No one is making travel plans jberryhill Mar 2020 #38

Here's what I'm doing crimycarny Mar 2020 #51

Good.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #53

Actual scientific data--jury is still out crimycarny Mar 2020 #60

Okay... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #61

sigh--whatever crimycarny Mar 2020 #62

It's March RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #23

+1 average high in New York City doesn't hit 80f bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #29

Exactly crimycarny Mar 2020 #52

If POTUS God Bestest Almighty said it... Brainfodder Mar 2020 #24

that was always magical wishful thinking rampartc Mar 2020 #30

So much for the optimistic proclamation that this will have a summer vacation. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #31

The experts don't know this yet sunnybrook Mar 2020 #32

I've been saying that for a while Aquaria Mar 2020 #33

THIS.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #54

What about Rain jimmy the one Mar 2020 #39

How about snow? milestogo Mar 2020 #41

What about hail? jberryhill Mar 2020 #43

What about hurricanes? milestogo Mar 2020 #46

What about love? jberryhill Mar 2020 #47

Love actually spreads viruses. milestogo Mar 2020 #48

Over 200 known cases in Florida Sunsky Mar 2020 #44

It's 98.6F inside the body Roland99 Mar 2020 #45

Good Point... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #55

I always believed that the reason colds and flu spread more easily in cold weather... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #49

Not totally true. Adequate heat will neutralize coronavirus. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #57

Singapore is not cold.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #58

You must have missed my point and I'm not disagreeing with yours. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #59

It's either a measured and tested hypothesis, or a spurious correlation. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #64