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Summer = fewer colds? It could be problematic, though, because lots of people travel during the summer. There are probably millions of people queued up to vis
by blisterpeanuts 7y ago
Summer = fewer colds?
It could be problematic, though, because lots of people travel during the summer. There are probably millions of people queued up to visit Italy, Spain, Britain, etc. The Europeans take long vacations, so populations will be particularly mobile in July and August.
I wonder if the U.S. might be slightly less vulnerable to contagion, since Americans tend to visit beaches, national parks and other less crowded places, whereas in Europe the tourist attractions are in crowded cities.
It's going to be an interesting few months before a vaccine is hopefully found.
- monadic2 7y agoSummer = better air flow, both inside and because people spend more time outside.
- gnulinux 7y agoNot an expert, but it's been stated by experts that coronoviruses, in general, spread slower during summer. This has not been proven for COVID-19, but presumably there will be some nontrivial affect on this virus as well.
- AstralStorm 7y agoThis is likely due to hotter temperatures having an effect on humidity. Very cold and very hot temperatures would reduce range of droplet transmission and viability of fomites. (contamination)
- brutt 7y agoShould I take risk of downvotes and explain it?