Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

John2290 said:

SvennoJ said:

What's the weather there? There is some hope that hot humid weather will slow it down. So far it doesn't seem to spread as fast on the Southern hemisphere.

The director general of the WHO said there is liekly to be no effect on the virus itself in the heat but an effect on human behaviour which will alter transmission rates. 

I heard drinking water helps since you then swallow any virus down which gets killed by stomach acid before it can infect you. So that way hot weather could help. Here it seems the opposite, first nice day, everyone comes out, very busy at the park. Soon baseball and soccer practice will start again. But maybe outdoor sports have a lower infection rate.