Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths

Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by hcknwscommenter on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:11PM (#22436664)

"letting warmer temperatures do their work"

The likelihood that warmer temperatures per se will have any affect on COVID-19 transmission, morbidity, or mortality is close to zero.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by hcknwscommenter on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:37PM (#22439136)

I guess this comment has garnered some negative reactions from people. I have yet to read/hear/come across a plausible explanation regarding how the warmer temperature will actually curtail transmission or improve health outcomes. Is there an actual theory here or are people just paraphrasing our genius President's semi-coherent remarks regarding same.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by sobani on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:06AM (#22441520)

For the same reason(s) the common flu is more prevalent in the winter. Wikipedia has some proposed explanations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season#Cause.

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