Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet?
by oefrha on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:54AM
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Air temperature could possibly do it or at least contribute, as was the case with SARS in 2003.
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It's 35C in Bangkok, 36C across Malaysia and 32C in Singapore.
How much hotter do you think it would have to get to make that virus die out?
Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet?
by ValentineC on Monday February 24, 2020 @06:32PM
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Most Singapore buildings and its public transport system are fully A/C.
It's similar for Malaysia and Thailand since they're still in the tropics, except those countries are less dense.
Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet?
by matthewdgreen on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:14AM
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There's plenty of AC in the US as well.
As far as I can tell the virus isn’t spreading like crazy in Bangkok, Malaysia, or Singapore. Singapore had it way worse in 2003, still the SARS virus withered came June.
Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet?
by DyslexicAtheist on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:03AM
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wouldn't that be only a local effect though, e.g. Southern vs Northern Hemispheres?
The Northern Hemisphere account for ~90% of the world's population; the percentage living beyond 23.5°S is very small. It is entirely conceivable that the epidemic is put under control before it gets too cold for those people.