https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-...ead-05243/
EXCERPT: . . . SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic, is not the most lethal virus we’ve seen. It’s not the most contagious one we’ve seen, either. However, it seems to have hit a “sweet spot” between how fast it can spread and how lethal it is.
It also seems to be surprisingly resilient to high temperatures. We were hoping that it will simply go away during the warm season (like the influenza) — but this seems very doubtful at the moment. The virus has managed to spread in Singapore and several other countries at temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), and it seems rather unlikely that warm weather will simply kill the virus.
But it might slow it down. [...] This seems like little consolation — it’s a seemingly small drop; but it can make a world of a difference, especially since infection can be exponential. ... What does this mean for the next season? It’s good news for the Northern Hemisphere and bad news for the Southern. It means that for most of Asia, Europe, and North America, the situation might improve after a few months. But we still have a long way to go until then.
The paper can be accessed freely on the pre-print server arXiv. (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: . . . SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic, is not the most lethal virus we’ve seen. It’s not the most contagious one we’ve seen, either. However, it seems to have hit a “sweet spot” between how fast it can spread and how lethal it is.
It also seems to be surprisingly resilient to high temperatures. We were hoping that it will simply go away during the warm season (like the influenza) — but this seems very doubtful at the moment. The virus has managed to spread in Singapore and several other countries at temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), and it seems rather unlikely that warm weather will simply kill the virus.
But it might slow it down. [...] This seems like little consolation — it’s a seemingly small drop; but it can make a world of a difference, especially since infection can be exponential. ... What does this mean for the next season? It’s good news for the Northern Hemisphere and bad news for the Southern. It means that for most of Asia, Europe, and North America, the situation might improve after a few months. But we still have a long way to go until then.
The paper can be accessed freely on the pre-print server arXiv. (MORE - details)