Science, Statistics and Studies [SARS-CoV-2]

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greentricky

Brace yourself, winter is coming:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.11.20147157v2

There was also a corresponding decrease in the rate of deaths (mortality) from the disease, with a roughly 15% drop in mortality for every one degree Celsius rise in temperature. By contrast, the severity of symptoms and mortality rate remained constant in China during the first wave of the pandemic, which occurred solely throughout the winter.

These changes were too large to be explained by improvements in treatment of COVID-19, patient age or hospitals becoming overwhelmed during this time, suggesting that there is a seasonal influence on the virus.

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badboybjorn in reply to @greentricky

If this holds true then nations with lower temps should have more severe covid mortality rates. That does not seem to be the case does it?

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h2o in reply to @badboybjorn

It gets complicated when it’s hot enough to require air conditioning and people live in a society where you just move from one air conditioned bubble to another.

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