Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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SvennoJ said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

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.

Australia except for the state of Victoria. The morons. - 75 new cases there the other day... Because people thought protesting was a good idea.
And because of the uptick in cases we have toilet paper shortages across the entire continent again, so now Victoria is forced to go back into lock down.

Most states that have opened their borders are staying closed to Victoria... However many "Grey Nomads" are selfishly taking back roads to get into other states. (Australia is vast at the end of the day, we can't lock down every road.)

In saying that, the Australian heat persisted until late March anyway when the virus started to gain traction so we were still exhibiting warm weather, the weather does have an effect on viral transmission, it's just not the biggest or only factor.