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What about summmer? Honest question that I haven't seen discussed enough to form an opinion on. Flu and the common cold are drastically curtailed by late spring

What about summmer? Honest question that I haven't seen discussed enough to form an opinion on. Flu and the common cold are drastically curtailed by late spring and it seems reasonable that coronavirus spread could also dramatically slow until the season starts again this fall.

bcrosby95 7y ago
The only answer you're going to get out of someone that isn't talking out their ass is: hopefully it will be curtailed by summer, but we don't really know. And keep in mind that summer in some places is winter in others.
- davidw 7y ago
  Relevant: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/its-a-false-hope-coronavirus-will-disappear-in-the-summer-like-the-flu-who-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/its-a-false-hope-coronavirus... No one knows.
  - DaveEM 7y ago
    There is data on the flu and COVID-19 from parts of the world that are in summer vs. winter. As the situation evolves further this data should enable making a better educated guess: Influenza: https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/updates/latest_update_GIP_surveillance/en/ https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/update... COVID-19: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5b... (linked from https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...)
kalium_xyz 7y ago
It worked for sars and mers, its reasonable to think it would happen for covid, however we dont know.
UncleOxidant 7y ago
There are cases in warm places like Singapore and Thailand. Yes, they think transmission could be slowed in warm humid weather, but most warm places in the world have air conditioning.
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  A friend of mine recently went Guangdong -> HK -> Thailand -> US. Their logic was along the lines of: Thailand has fewer cases than Singapore because Thailand has minimal air conditioning compared to places like Singapore or the US. We'll see.

bcrosby95 7y ago

The only answer you're going to get out of someone that isn't talking out their ass is: hopefully it will be curtailed by summer, but we don't really know. And keep in mind that summer in some places is winter in others.

davidw 7y ago
Relevant: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/its-a-false-hope-coronavirus-will-disappear-in-the-summer-like-the-flu-who-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/its-a-false-hope-coronavirus... No one knows.
- DaveEM 7y ago
  There is data on the flu and COVID-19 from parts of the world that are in summer vs. winter. As the situation evolves further this data should enable making a better educated guess: Influenza: https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/updates/latest_update_GIP_surveillance/en/ https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/update... COVID-19: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5b... (linked from https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...)

kalium_xyz 7y ago

It worked for sars and mers, its reasonable to think it would happen for covid, however we dont know.

UncleOxidant 7y ago

There are cases in warm places like Singapore and Thailand. Yes, they think transmission could be slowed in warm humid weather, but most warm places in the world have air conditioning.

inferiorhuman 7y ago
A friend of mine recently went Guangdong -> HK -> Thailand -> US. Their logic was along the lines of: Thailand has fewer cases than Singapore because Thailand has minimal air conditioning compared to places like Singapore or the US. We'll see.