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Covid-19 rates oscillate every six months in the US, new study shows
- ivewonyoung 2y ago> "These waves start near the southern U.S. border in July and August, when the weather is hottest and the humidity is high—factors that usually tamp down the spread of respiratory viruses. We don't have a good explanation for why COVID-19 rates should increase in both the warmest and coolest times of the year." The heat forces people indoors which increases proximity and spread of COVID, thought this was known?
- yababa_y 2y agoThe factor you have identified is invariant across disease, and yet this one particular one still behaves Oddly. If it’s known, what’s the explanation why other viruses do not have this pattern as well?