It’ll be interesting to track effects of heat and humidity on Coronavirus. Presumably it’ll lower the R0, but by how much? There has been spread in Singapore and Malaysia, but both seem contained and one has to disambiguate indoor AC-heavy environments from outdoor ones.
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Replying to @SlaveOfUtopia
Hawaii is a good test case. Hot and humid, good medical infrastructure, low urban density, but heavy interconnections with large Asian cities.
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Replying to @naval @SlaveOfUtopia
Recent article from medical news today said the virus persists in the open longer in humidity than dryer climate but shorter in higher temps than colder temps.
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Replying to @naval @SlaveOfUtopia
And now I can tell my friends Naval asked me a question. LOL - here you are sir:https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/coronaviruses-how-long-can-they-survive-on-surfaces …
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Replying to @sparkymgc @SlaveOfUtopia
Interesting. Guinea pig studies on influenza have consistently shown that cold and dry are worse than hot humid. This one says opposite for humidity but it only covers room temperature and humid, not hot and humid.
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Replying to @naval @SlaveOfUtopia
The other interesting thing was that topical antiseptic was ineffective. Washing your hands is critical and the only effective control measure. A different article states this virus has a higher than normal reinfection rate (14%). However the reinfection is usually much worse.
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I did find a separate article confirming the 14% reinfection rate but they said the reinfection wasn't as severe. I will hold out hope the confusion in reporting is due to us learning about this virus and not promoting hysteria.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-reinfection-explainer/explainer-coronavirus-reappears-in-discharged-patients-raising-questions-in-containment-fight-idUSKCN20M124 …
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Afaik the 14% result from retesting people 14 days after discharge using anal swabs (which they mostly did not do on discharge). These people did not all re-develop symptoms, but there is real concern is that they continue spreading the virus.
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