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>people will rebel, and the infection rate will spike yet again that is unknown. If anything, the flu experience shows that the hot dry air minimizes transmiss
by trhway 7y ago
>people will rebel, and the infection rate will spike yet again
that is unknown. If anything, the flu experience shows that the hot dry air minimizes transmission by minimizing the lifetime of the exhaled aerosol mini droplets which carry the virus.
The rate will most probably spike again in the Fall, lockdown or no lockdown, because of the colder moist air then, and I think it is very misleading to promise people the lockdown avoidance later in exchange for a larger lockdown now.
Governments at all levels seem to be doing only lockdown, which basically means doing nothing by the governments themselves and just putting the burden squarely on the people shoulders and waiting hoping that the issue resolves on its own. Where are the true government actions to fight pandemic - i mean at least bare minimum - masks, testing, contact tracing? Why Whole Foods, not the government, should give away free masks? I guess, no money for masks in the $6T dollars that have just been printed and have propelled the stock market back into the bubble.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago“Where are the true government actions to fight pandemic - i mean at least bare minimum - masks, testing, contact tracing?” Very true. There should be no shortages of tests, masks or other protective equipment. Instead the stock market is going up.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoright, that's why no one in Australia or Israel or other hot countries got it, like India. But that was a sarcastic comment. It is spreading in hot places. It's a lot more reducing exposure that limits it than hot weather, based on reality, not magical thinking.
- lbeltrame 7y agoSo far all I've seen on this topic are mostly models. I'd love some experimental data for once (with regards to SARS-CoV-2, a lot is modeling, and a lot less is bench work) to know if this is true or not (there are a few studies but most of them aren't that great, at least the ones I've read).