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Re:India’s second wave of Covid-19 feels nothing like its first by mulvya on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:54AM (#27004275)
At this stage, it's evident that the primary mode of SARS-Cov-2 transmission is through aerosols, not droplets nor fomites.

The level of air pollution affects the duration of suspension of bioaerosols as well as the performance of the innate immune system. Low humidity is also linked to higher transmission.

See

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.04.21249249v... https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.20215236v... https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20057216v...

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Re:India’s second wave of Covid-19 feels nothing like its first by fragmede on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:01AM (#27004614)
The level of air pollution is relatively the same now as it was last year for the first wave though. The air pollution isn't helping things but if it were that one thing, why would the second wave look any different from the first?
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Re:India’s second wave of Covid-19 feels nothing like its first by mulvya on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:29AM (#27004746)
> The level of air pollution is relatively the same now as it was last year for the first wave though.

No, they are not. See table 1 of https://www.orfonline.org/research/air-pollution-delhi-filli... - it hit a low point in October, but was much better during lockdown and relatively better post-lockdown although trending towards worse levels.

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