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COVID does worse in warmer climates; it would be useful to see data adjusted for factors such as ventilation, climate, baseline prevalence, viral variants, etc.
by optimiz3 6y ago
COVID does worse in warmer climates; it would be useful to see data adjusted for factors such as ventilation, climate, baseline prevalence, viral variants, etc.
No one AFAIK has attempted to do any of this work. All I've seen are unsubstantiated claims for each side's agenda.
We need to know what hard conditions guarantee an R0 small enough to prevent disease transmission in schools.
There has been zero leadership here.
- jjcon 6y ago> COVID does worse in warmer climates Is that really substantiated or has it just been theorized? California and Texas have been doing poorly compared to Florida so heat itself doesn’t seem to be the differing factor if it is a factor at all.
- optimiz3 6y agoTechnically, it's based around the fact the virus spreads slower in summer (warm, humid) than winter (cold, dry). Though I suppose California and Texas are more (warm, dry) so maybe the union factor is dry. Or something else like population density or time spent indoors.
- WalterGR 6y agoCalifornia and Texas have been doing poorly compared to Florida That is simply not true. California has had fewer cases per capita, fewer deaths per capital, and more tests per capita. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
- dragonwriter 6y ago> > COVID does worse in warmer climates > California and Texas have been doing poorly compared to Florida so heat itself doesn’t seem to be the differing factor if it is a factor at all. California is much colder than Florida, if you weight it by population and not land area. Wouldn't be surprised if that is also true of Texas. Both have large tracts of sparsely populated arid, very hot land that contributes to popular image but isn't where most people live. Also, California has not been doing poorly compared to Florida, but there are a whole lot of non-climatic differences.
- offby37years 6y agoCalifornia COVID death rate: 0.146% Florida COVID death rate: 0.155% These numbers are statistically tied. Yet, FL's economy is open, kids are in school, Disney World entertaining tourists. CA's business are closed & kids are depressed and falling behind. (Bad) leadership matters.
- redisman 6y agoInteresting claims. How do you know FL economy and kids depression is doing so much better than CA?
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- jacob2484 6y agoUnemployment rates for one. But now, numbers are skewed because we printed billions of dollars to bail out California.
- WalterGR 6y agowe printed billions of dollars to bail out California. Do you have a (non-opinion piece) citation for this from a reputable source?
- jacob2484 6y agoCalifornia’s robust budget will get another $26 billion from new COVID-19 stimulus - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-11/california-budget-26-billion-covid-19-stimulus https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-11/californ...
- WalterGR 6y agoYou wrote "to bail out California" and yet the headline says "robust budget." Do you have evidence that California was bailed out? How much money does California give the federal government compared to that $26 billion that it got back? How much does California give vs. other states?
- catholicparent 6y agoCatholic schools opened in all states that allowed them to, and there hasn’t been - to my knowledge - any outbreak of Catholic COVID.
- selimthegrim 6y agoThe Archbishop of New Orleans is working hard on this. Don’t count him out yet.
- selimthegrim 6y agoAs a resident of New Orleans I would like to speak for my city and tell you to go jump in the nearest body of water