San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19

Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by adrr on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:06AM (#22543459)

Flu and cold is seasonal. There’s a bunch different theories around it from cold air lowers our defenses to vitamin d production from sun light. Sars burned out during the summer months so hopefully we see a reduction with this virus.

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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by sigmaprimus on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:17AM (#22543506)

Thanks that makes sense, I'm still a bit confused as to the fact it's going to be summer in the northern hemisphere but winter in the southern, does that mean things will get better in Europe and North America but worse in South America, Australia etc?

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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by adrr on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:55AM (#22543707)

Flu seasons are usually judged by what is happening in the other hemisphere. During our summer Australia had a bad flu season which corresponded to the US having a bad flu season during our winter months.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season

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Re:San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for Covid-19 by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:06AM (#22543743)

90% of the people in the world live in the northern hemisphere, and a significant chunk of the people who live in the southern hemisphere live near to the equator (i.e. they have no winter). Also, it's not about to be winter in the southern hemisphere, it's about to be fall.

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