Recent research suggests that summer conditions can help kill the coronavirus more quickly. But “don’t expect miracles,” one scientist said.
for the disease by US officials, another contributing factor may be weather and climate.
He noted that while low reported case numbers in certain places may be attributed to a lack of access to testing or a variation in social distancing measures, these things do not fully explain lower case numbers in hotter and more humid regions globally. When it comes to sunnier and warmer weather, “the effect could turn out to be very small,” said Relman of Stanford. “It may not even be noticeable.” Here’s why: the virus is very infectious and there’s a lot of people that haven’t yet been infected.
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