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a few random points to consider: - Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam all in much warmer climate. - hot spots in Italy and Japan are likewise in the northe
by tooltalk 7y ago
a few random points to consider:
- Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam all in much warmer climate.
- hot spots in Italy and Japan are likewise in the northern region: Lombardy in Italy and Hokkaido in Japan.
- wearing masks during a global pandemic isn't apparently as fashionable in Japan.
- many Japanese elderly, or over 30K per year, die unnoticed in solitude. so it might take a while to catch up.
But on the other hand:
- In South Korea, most infections trace to a middle-aged lady "Super Ajumma" who is also a member secretive cult. Without the cult, the total infected with the virus in SK would be comparable to that of other Asian neighbors. So outside China, the spread of the virus doesn't seem so bad in Asia overall.
- rsynnott 7y agoAnd even _in_ China, cases per capita are not that high (lower than most of Western Europe). In _Wuhan_ is another matter, of course.
- _-david-_ 7y agoAssuming China is not lying which is definitely up for debate.
- Jommi 7y agoCould you link some sources to your claims?
- SubiculumCode 7y agohttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3550308 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3550308 For some informed ideas about temperatures/climate and coronaviruses
- SubiculumCode 7y agoSpecifically, https://i.imgur.com/ekiFd9S.png https://i.imgur.com/ekiFd9S.png You will see that the largest outbreaks occur at the same temperature gradients
- bermanoid 7y agoSo do most of the major cities in the world. That's a hell of a confounding variable.
- SubiculumCode 7y agodid you read the paper, or just comment of the cuff?