re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

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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.

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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.