Why no one knows if COVID-19 is seasonal

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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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