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I think the data shows that this coronavirus is causing drastically less illness in the past warmer months, as opposed to the months prior. This is consistent w
by gridlockd 6y ago
I think the data shows that this coronavirus is causing drastically less illness in the past warmer months, as opposed to the months prior. This is consistent with SARS-1, other coronaviruses, as well as Influenza.
That's a different matter to the number of positive test results, which is indeed rising, but is not measuring actual illness.
- scotty79 6y agoI don't think you can make that claim globally. Looking at India or USA
- gridlockd 6y agoI think you can make the case in the US, some states like AZ or FL have cases up 10x but deaths are up only 2x, even accounting for a 2 week lag. As for India, the climate doesn't readily compare to our conception of summer/winter, and if the virus only started to pick up spread recently, we have no earlier baseline to compare to. Like I said, "disappear" is too string of a word, but the correlation is definitely there, just like with many other viruses.
- liamwestray 6y agoThe difference in deaths is from less at-risk populations getting it. It was projected to have a .1% to .3% mortality rate. It had 3-5% when it spread through older populations.