Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

SvennoJ said:

The initial hope in Februari was that heat and humidity would slow it down, no clue if it does but doesn't seem so.

If it did, then how would countries in tropical or subtropical desert regions have been heavily affected by the virus? Singapore, Brasil and pretty much the entire Middle East for instance are heavily affected despite the heat of desert regions and heat and humidity of tropical forests. And it's also strongly ramping up in Africa now, which could become very devastating to the entire continent.

Yep, it seemed for a long time Africa would be spared a big outbreak but they have been growing steadily as well.
Australia just did things right, nothing to do with the heat.