Posted on 03/13/2020 11:14:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
From what I’ve seen, the weather in most of Florida has been very warm. There are something like 50 cases of COVID-19 in Florida, so......
RE: There are something like 50 cases of COVID-19 in Florida, so......
Not very useful.
Where did these 50 cases get their infection? OUTSIDE Florida or within?
Also, how fast is community transmission within Florida itself?
Warmer than usual weather is forecast across the country for spring. Then comes summer and warmer.
Popular tourist areas are a problem, but tourism is about to end for while.
It will be interesting to see if the slowdown in large crowd activities has an effect, and how much effect.
I’m surprised we haven’t heard about hot spots in homeless areas.
No cases yet in the Bahamas, a tourist spot but very warm.
What’s the weather like in Iran right now? They have a lot of cases.
It all depends if the people in Australia who have it, got it traveling or not. Can you answer that question?
Did they get infected in Brazil or were they travelers who got it somewhere else.
The two people who died from COVID-19 in Florida were travelers and probably got their disease from somewhere else.
Where the remaining cases, travelers?
Did they get infected in Brazil or were they travelers who got it somewhere else.
Good question, I assume at least some of them got it there at home.
RE: What’s the weather like in Iran right now? They have a lot of cases.
It varies from 50 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit at this time.
Warm weather per se will not kill the virus. Consider: it survives very will in a 98.6 degree environment. What kills off the “seasonal” flu is the sunshine. The sun is at a better angle and people tend to go about hatless and bare-armed. Sunshine/vitamin D is the very best medicine and preventative for normal seasonal viruses and possibly for WuHanFlu also. In the summer people can still be afflicted with flu or colds but it tends to be indoor people and night workers who sleep when the sun is up. I will take what recommended precautions I can with this thing but I will also continue my vitamin D3 supplements that have kept me and my family and friends virus free for 13-14 years. We do not take flu shots. So far there is no WHF hereabouts but it is only a matter of time. This is a spring break destination and breakers are already here. We have an airport and there is WHF 50 miles up the road.
Sunshine may knock it back as it does seasonal flu and colds. Warmth will not at least not warmth below 98.6 degrees.
Interesting... I didn't know that. Thanks.
Global warming is awesome...
Too soon to know. First, FL has had several spells of cooler weather in the past month. Nothing like the cold north, but cool by Florida standards.
Otherwise, FL is not a good example due to the extraordinary number of tourists from all over the nation/world bringing the virus into the state. Some FL counties/regions have multiple COVID-19 cases while others are spared. Too many variables at this point. A lot depends on whether Spring Breakers will stay home or spread their joy in the next month.
Tourism is the life blood of Florida. COVID-19 presents a conundrum to stifle tourism and hunker down, while devastating the livelihood of many.
In this study, we showed that high temperature at high relative humidity has a synergistic effect on inactivation of SARS CoV viability while lower temperatures and low humidity support prolonged survival of virus on contaminated surfaces. The environmental conditions of countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand are thus not conducive to the prolonged survival of the virus. In countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong where there is a intensive use of air-conditioning, transmission largely occurred in well-air-conditioned environments such as hospitals or hotels. Further, a separate study has shown that during the epidemic, the risk of increased daily incidence of SARS was 18.18-fold higher in days with a lower air temperature than in days with a higher temperature in Hong Kong [24] and other regions [15–17].
Taken together, these observations may explain why some Asian countries in tropical area (with high temperature at high relative humidity) such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand did not have nosocomial outbreaks of SARS (Tables 1 and 2(a)–2(c)). It may also explain why Singapore, which is also in tropical area (Table 2(d)), had most of its SARS outbreaks in hospitals (air-conditioned environment). Interestingly, during the outbreak of SARS in Guangzhou, clinicians kept the windows of patient rooms open and well ventilated and these may well have reduced virus survival and this reduced nosocomial transmission. - https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/
With a population of 209.3 million (2017) "several cases" (19) is not very significant.
SARS was first isolated in the early 00’s.
29 out of 21,477,737 (3-12)
They were speaking specifically about COVID-19 which they only knew about since Nov. (or so they claim)
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