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Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by iso1631 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:24PM (#23978280)
virus has died down in Europe and Asia, although may be upticking in Europe again.

Seems clear it's not heat related though - In Europe when people socially distanced there were few cases. As people are more blasé about it cases start to tick back up.

Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by thebruce87m on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:26PM (#23979688)
I can’t speak for all of Europe, but in the U.K. we still have lots of business shut down, like swimming pools and cinemas (at least in Scotland). Masks are mandatory in supermarkets. Nurseries are returning next week. We have just enforced quarantine if you return from Spain and it’s islands due to a spike there. We are also doing local lockdowns in certain cities due to.

So it has died down, but that’s due to the measures we have enforced. The fact that localised spikes are happening I think proves that it’s not “run its course”.

Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by iso1631 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @03:37AM (#23984266)
In the UK mask adherance in supermarkets is spotty at best, but when I say "died down" that's because we've been following social distancing measures. The feeling I get is that the public

However high density mass transit in cities is still empty on the most part (there's always exceptions) - most "knowledge workers" (the ones that cram into cities on overcrowded peak trains every day) are remaining at home. Those working in factories, warehouses and shops tend to drive there, so there's less opportunity to spread. Johnson is trying to get people back to offices to save share prices of Starbucks and Pret. I get the feeling it's that, combined with fewer people out at pubs, that's keeping it at bay.

We've expected to see increases ever since the VE Day conga lines, the Bournemouth Beaches, the BLM protests, and the pubs reopening, and on the whole we haven't seen it. I certainly don't think it's run it's course, but aside from local outbreaks which seem linked to poor factory conditions (the meat packing industry especially seems vulnerable), Leicester sweat shops) it does seem to be rumbling on without the exponential growth we saw in March.

Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by harryVic on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:28PM (#23978331)
India had 50,000 new cases yesterday. Virus has not died down in Asia.
Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by iso1631 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:11PM (#23978897)
East Asia.
Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by perl4ever on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:24PM (#23980857)
The countries you think of first aren't recording many new cases, but Indonesia and the Philippines are.
Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by gremlinsinc on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:34PM (#23979753)
yeah this is a no-brainer, though I did think flu+covid would be bad... the masks/social distancing (as much as we have anyways), may actually quell a bad flu season, unfortunately covid is 10x more transmissable so it's like trying to get rid of a squirrel vs an army of ants coming in every door and under the floor boards.