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Forgive my ignorance but I recently saw a video of two women fighting over bathroom tissue in Australia or New Zealand. If they have infections there where summ
by sigmaprimus 7y ago
Forgive my ignorance but I recently saw a video of two women fighting over bathroom tissue in Australia or New Zealand. If they have infections there where summer is just ending why do people think that warmer weather will some how stop the spread?
- adrr 7y agoFlu and cold is seasonal. There’s a bunch different theories around it from cold air lowers our defenses to vitamin d production from sun light. Sars burned out during the summer months so hopefully we see a reduction with this virus.
- sigmaprimus 7y agoThanks that makes sense, I'm still a bit confused as to the fact it's going to be summer in the northern hemisphere but winter in the southern, does that mean things will get better in Europe and North America but worse in South America, Australia etc?
- adrr 7y agoFlu seasons are usually judged by what is happening in the other hemisphere. During our summer Australia had a bad flu season which corresponded to the US having a bad flu season during our winter months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season
- AnthonyMouse 7y ago90% of the people in the world live in the northern hemisphere, and a significant chunk of the people who live in the southern hemisphere live near to the equator (i.e. they have no winter). Also, it's not about to be winter in the southern hemisphere, it's about to be fall.
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- dx034 7y agoEven if it isn't, there will be fewer cases of other diseases so hospitals are typically emptier. Also, it's less likely to contract COVID in combination with other diseases.