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There's a billion people in India and so far the mortality and spread rates there aren't similar to other countries. There is a theory that humid and warm place
by isignal 7y ago
There's a billion people in India and so far the mortality and spread rates there aren't similar to other countries. There is a theory that humid and warm places will not have these mortality rates (as validated by our common sense that summer time flu is less common). I don't think we have enough information about the virus to generalize to the whole world yet.
- mike_d 7y ago> There's a billion people in India and so far the mortality and spread rates there aren't similar to other countries That is a lack of testing, same as what keeps US numbers depressed. India is severely lacking in cohesive response to viral outbreaks, to the point they are still dealing with a Swine Flu epidemic from 2009 (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/9-swine-flu-deaths-uttar-pradesh-17-pac-jawans-test-positive-1651342-2020-03-01 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/9-swine-flu-deaths-utt...) > There is a theory that humid and warm places will not have these mortality rate There is no scientific evidence to support this. The wild spread in the Middle East indicates heat may not be a factor.
- virmundi 7y agoThe theory is more the humidity. The virus gets trapped in vapor and pulled harmlessly to the ground. The counter to the theory is that at least in developed countries people flee the humidity by living in low humidity air conditioning.
- northern-lights 7y agoNot quite: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/march-2020/researchers-predict-potential-spread-and-seasonality-for-covid-19-.php https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/march-2020/rese...
- selimthegrim 7y agoWe have an explosion of cases in New Orleans. I don’t think we’re off the hook