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paleotn

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11. Data seems to show that the epidemiology of this virus....
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:51 PM
May 2020

is no different than other coronaviruses. The one's that cause common colds. They wain in the summer as people spread out and spend more time outside, making transmission less likely. Not zero, but less likely. The virus doesn't just go away. It burns slowly, biding its time. When we all go back inside when the weather turns cold, just like with cold and flu bugs, it will take off. I worry far more about October than I do June. This virus will explode again and restrictions will have to be put back in place just in time for the holidays. The only thing that will stop this eventuality is a vaccine. And that won't happen on an industrial scale until 2021 at best.

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