Why no one knows if COVID-19 is seasonal
Apr 22, 2020, 23:40 IST
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- Many people have wondered whether warmer weather will slow COVID-19.
- That's because the flu is transmitted much more easily in winters dry and cold conditions with cases dropping when humidity levels rise.
- But COVID-19, it is not the same as the flu and the susceptible pool of people who can be infected is much larger.
- So seasonality won't have as much of an impact until more people develop immunity to it.
- For now physical distancing will have a much more efficient impact on slowing the virus.
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