High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmission of Covid-19

Re:High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmissio... by kijin on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:17AM (#22565165)

In many parts of China, it will be 30C hotter and 50%p more humid in the summer than it is now. The combination might reduce R to virtually nothing.

In Japan, this could mean that it was the right decision to schedule the Olympics in the middle of summer after all.

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Re:High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmissio... by adrianN on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:29AM (#22565222)

I'm pretty sure that the Olympics will be cancelled. It's unlikely that we'll have a vaccine before then and Covid19 is well beyond containment at this point.

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Re:High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmissio... by kijin on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:41AM (#22565270)

Abe is dead set on hosting the Olympics one way or another, so he might try to reschedule it... to a time of year when R is higher. :(

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Re:High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmissio... by Fnoord on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:59AM (#22565552)

There will be all kind of athletes ill. Especially sucks if you're part of a team. I mean, for individuals as well, but as team you rely on each other's strengths even more. Gonna be interesting for sure.

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