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Did you look at the sunshine data? Bergamo has low sunshine in Feb and March comparatively. Places hard hit: * Wuhan: 100 (In Feb) * Paris: 79-129 (Feb-March

Did you look at the sunshine data? Bergamo has low sunshine in Feb and March comparatively. Places hard hit: * Wuhan: 100 (In Feb) * Paris: 79-129 (Feb-March, North France harder it by # of cases, cannot find death info) * Bergamo Italy: 100-150 (Feb-March average) * Seattle WA: 100-150 (Feb-March) * Iran sunshine varies a lot by locale. But some places like Rasht, its very low light: 90, 78, 71, 113 for Jan, Feb, Mar, April Places less hard hit: * Bangkok 250-275 (Feb-March) * Kuala Lumpur 185, 192, 208 (Jan Feb March) * Ho Chi Minh City, 272 (March) * Seoul: 175-200 (Feb-March) South Korea contained it of course, but their lethality numbers are also lower, and its the lethality that I find odd in all this.

gambler 7y ago
Thank you for clarification. Yeah, the numbers look interesting.
haunter 7y ago
Following this pattern we should see similar numbers all over Europe, heck significantly more in the nordic countries but that's not the case.
- simonsarris 7y ago
  The Nord countries are "days behind" Italy. So far we can only study countries which are days ahead, which is why Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are compelling. In the coming month we can observe the Nordic countries, but as April approaches their sunshine gets better. Also: Latitude is not enough to determine sunshine, you have to go look up the monthly data. For Rasht in Iran for example, its very low light: 90, 78, 71, 113 for Jan, Feb, Mar, April. This city is south of say, Lisbon, but Lisbon has far more sunshine hours.
- gambler 7y ago
  heck significantly more in the nordic countries I think some of them instituted programs to fix vitamin D deficiency a while ago: https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2015/05/28/Sweden-to-expand-mandatory-vitamin-D-fortification https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2015/05/28/Sweden-t... Damn, one would think in our data-crazy world stats like vitamin D deficiency by country would be one search away. But in reality, it's pretty hard to find and even harder to verify.

gambler 7y ago

Thank you for clarification. Yeah, the numbers look interesting.

haunter 7y ago

Following this pattern we should see similar numbers all over Europe, heck significantly more in the nordic countries but that's not the case.

simonsarris 7y ago
The Nord countries are "days behind" Italy. So far we can only study countries which are days ahead, which is why Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are compelling. In the coming month we can observe the Nordic countries, but as April approaches their sunshine gets better. Also: Latitude is not enough to determine sunshine, you have to go look up the monthly data. For Rasht in Iran for example, its very low light: 90, 78, 71, 113 for Jan, Feb, Mar, April. This city is south of say, Lisbon, but Lisbon has far more sunshine hours.
gambler 7y ago
heck significantly more in the nordic countries I think some of them instituted programs to fix vitamin D deficiency a while ago: https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2015/05/28/Sweden-to-expand-mandatory-vitamin-D-fortification https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2015/05/28/Sweden-t... Damn, one would think in our data-crazy world stats like vitamin D deficiency by country would be one search away. But in reality, it's pretty hard to find and even harder to verify.