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re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***
Posted on 8/12/20 at 9:52 am to S1C EM
Posted on 8/12/20 at 9:52 am to S1C EM
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I would say different demographics and population densities.
Densities for sure are at play.
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But the point is it was ravaging places in cold weather and is now doing the same in warm weather. I’m not seeing a “seasonality” there. It’s rampant in everything we’ve seen so far.
Which is what I'm saying. Northern USA and Europe had what was basically the normal respiratory disease season for this thing, though maybe a month or two later than usual flu season.
Outside of Louisiana's first outbreak, likely induced by Mardi Gras, when did the Southern states see significant numbers?
The Southern states are seeing its seasonality be similar to how flu behaves in Mexico and farther south (June).
So, more of a tropical/sub-tropical season that the usual temperate season.
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This post was edited on 8/12/20 at 9:54 am
Posted on 8/12/20 at 10:09 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Which is what I'm saying. Northern USA and Europe had what was basically the normal respiratory disease season for this thing, though maybe a month or two later than usual flu season.
Here in Georgia, we were getting hit pretty hard early on in some areas. Both the northern US and Europe (and China) were having outbreaks when the weather was cold. We're currently having (arguably) more severe outbreaks when it's hot. When you say it's seasonal, I'm looking for a temperature cutoff where the spread is slowed. The flu, while it can continue (and same with colds) in warmer months, is much less prevalent. COVID has yet to really slow down. It seems as long as people get together in crowds and "do stuff", outbreaks follow, irrespective of the temperature. So this seems to be a virus that takes advantage of social habits versus favorable climate. Remember, a large portion of GOP_Tiger's hypothesis on COVID tapering off through the summer was based on the assumption that it wouldn't be able to thrive in high, humid temps. That hasn't panned out.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 10:12 am to Sasquatch Smash
BTW, I see what your graph is saying, but I think much of the slowing that happened in Europe was because of stricter lockdown measures than anything we have done. Has Italy fully opened back up? I didn't think they had.
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