Posted on 03/21/2020 9:48:11 AM PDT by libh8er
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Bangkok is one of Asia’s most important travel hubs. Before the outbreak, its airport had more scheduled flights from China than any other country, including 45 a week direct from Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly pandemic. Flights to Bangkok from Wuhan continued until the city began a full lockdown on Jan. 23.
And yet epidemiologists have been puzzled by the fact that Thailand has seen so few cases of COVID-19. While it spread at terrifying speed to tens of thousands of people in South Korea, Italy and now most other countries, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand remains comparatively small: 322, including 50 announced Friday, and just a single death. In nearby Malaysia, authorities have confirmed 1,030 cases and three deaths. Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, meanwhile, have ranked among the world’s most effective jurisdictions in combating the spread of the virus.
Those places all have relatively advanced systems for epidemic detection – Singapore is considered the global leader, while both Malaysia and Thailand have led their peers in Southeast Asia.
But those jurisdictions also share a geography of more southerly latitudes that bring hotter, more humid weather.
The most rapid spread of the virus has taken place in areas with cooler climates: central China, South Korea, Iran, Northern Italy and continental Europe.
It appears that cooler climates “allow the virus to spread further and faster than in the tropics,” said Lam Sai Kit, an emeritus professor at the University of Malaya who is one of Malaysia’s most prominent epidemiologists. "Of course, a lot of other factors are involved. Climate is one. But containment and mitigation measures – lockdowns – all these play a role in controlling the spread of the virus.”
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Almost 80 yesterday, but can’t get out of the 30s here today.
So much for weather helpin’ us.
North-Central WV
Time to cheer for Global Warming!
Go global warming!
Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
If it does turn out to be that way ... nice that we had a few weeks delay. Also nice that as long as we’re all mostly at home, it’s getting warm and sunny enough go outside and run around (northeast here.)
With a side huzzah for Thailand!
yeah I looked at weather this morning before going for a bike ride - Sunny for the next 10 days - mid 80’s and hitting up to 91 on two days. So why on Earth did the idiot Libs here in Palm Beach and Broward counties decide to CLOSE the FRESH - OPEN AIR - SUNLIGHT-UV-COVID19-KILLING beaches until May 2nd??? They got Desantis to agree.
Makes NO sense. I can understand if you must choose to still enforce the < 10pp groups - but most people on the beach are 2-3 family members or solo/couples.
I think where you are will help you, in general.
I’m just across the river from WV and honestly, I wish I were IN WV but this will have to suffice.
Coastal, low country South Carolina 85 right now.
So the southern hemisphere will be ground zero in a few weeks.
It’s not just warm temps it’s the combo of very warm temps AND high humidity that slows viral epidemics to a standstill. When the steamy months arrive the virus will subside.
What will be will be....just use common sense and a little extra hygiene.
That being said, the stress and anxiety caused by the political propaganda and the media still get to me some. Watching FreeRepublic turn into FearRepublic hasn’t helped much either. LOL
Stay safe and be well.
Thailand has also mis-labeled some CV cases as viral pneumonia, which they have had a spike of.
I wouldn’t count on the weather or seasons to get us out of this.
Soap kills the virus.
It is a single strand of DNA held together by lipids.
They melt like butter breaking the bonds and the virus disintegrates.
Heat breaks the structure of the virus. Anyone know the temp necessary for this virus to break down?
Soap kills the virus.
It is a single strand of DNA held together by lipids.
They melt like butter breaking the bonds and the virus disintegrates.
Heat breaks the structure of the virus. Anyone know the temp necessary for this virus to break down?
New study says 'high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce' spread of COVID-19
Insights welcome.
Day after day, hearing "The Monsters Are Coming!" is getting to me, too, even though I do my best to keep a cool head.
I get that this is a nasty thing but I'm not in apocalypse mode.
Unfortunately, it seems most others in my area *are* and the stores look like horror movie sets.
That really ticks me off.
[What would Rick Grimes do?]
TWD is not the same without Rick!
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