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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Just not enough data.
About a week ago some information emerged suggesting reduced transmittability in warmer climates (but not an elimination by any stretch). And the institutional knowledge as it relates to most coronaviruses and high humidity seems strong.
I mean some people are trying to say "look - Mexico has this, so heat doesn't matter!" and I don't think that's a fair conclusion to reach at all. Humidity/heat impacts a viruses viability outside of a host. And thus how strong it may be when it infects a person. Or the likelihood of infection in the event there's an immune response.
But I think in this first stage with no immune response built in, it seems like it just doesn't take much to set in so that diminished viability is muted somewhat. Now it may STILL yield less extreme outcomes, because it entered the gates a little weaker.
But we just don't know. And so many areas that are warm right now are equatorial regions with iffy hygiene, poor medical facilities and high population density so that throws a monkey in the wrench.
I remain hopeful that warmer, more humid weather will yield positive changes in transmission rates, severity or both. It's based largely on the history of other similar diseases and some initial study done on this one, but there's not enough to say it will happen with any certainty.
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