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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by bz33t on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:34AM (#23177426)
Australia has its seasons shifted by half a year, so even if Australia had taken similar measures, I'd expect them to have a lot lower transmission rates because respiratory disease peak in winter. https://www.mja.com.au/sites/default/files/issues/210_10/mja...
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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by threeseed on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:53AM (#23177536)
1) No evidence that COVID-19 is affected by weather.

2) Australia and US have quite similar temperatures right now given that it’s often moderate in Autumn/Spring.

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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by heartbreak on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:37AM (#23179304)
There is abundant evidence that COVID-19 is affected by weather. [0] There is no evidence that the spread of COVID-19 is halted by weather.

[0] Google Scholar search of “COVID-19 humidity”

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