21st century respiratory virus epidemics: SARS: Guangdong, China, 11/2002 MERS: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6/2012 Covid-19: Wuhan, China, 12/2019 Spot the common factor: very low relative air humidity.https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1230382802857680898 …
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Replying to @wrathofgnon
Wuhan and Guangdong aren't humid? You sure about that?
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Relative humidity, especially indoors, when rooms are heated (such as schools, hospitals, etc.) without any humidifiers...
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Replying to @wrathofgnon
Pretty sure much of Guangdong doesn't have heaters at all. They just wear coats inside when it gets cold. I think we need a new theory here...like wet markets?
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Replying to @wrathofgnon
I don’t know why you’re sending me this wiki article but your theory makes no sense. First of all guangdong does not have low humidity. It’s high, indoors and outdoors and was especially so in 2002. While I’ve never been to Wuhan, I bet with that river it is also high humidity.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Because your reply did not make any sense. I did not know if you were pointing out an error with the date or something else. The lowest humidity in those parts of China are in November to January, the humidity drops rapidly in even slightly heated indoor climates. In case you...
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Replying to @wrathofgnon @Molson_Hart
...have examples of virus infections (influenza or corona etc.) originating in periods of high relative humidity feel free to share. It is not my theory though. See the many studies on the effect of air humidity and epidemics.
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