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Feb 25, 2020
9:09:38pm

Zaphod All-American

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Zaphod

Previous username: Fetch
Bio page: Zaphod
Joined: Jul 9, 2002
Last login: May 22, 2024
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Someone said Coronavirus may be vulnerable to warm weather

OU Cougar

2/25/20 8:35pm

Global Warming FTW

Tare

2/25/20 8:38pm

So far, most of the reported cases are in countries north of the equator where it’s winter, so hopefully that’s the case

Mike Honcho

2/25/20 8:40pm

That's what they want you to think. I've played the game Plague. They just haven't evolved immunity to heat yet.

byuluvr

2/25/20 8:46pm

I just hope it doesn’t go through a genetic reshuffle when we’re close to a cure

Mike Honcho

2/25/20 8:50pm

You look at that CDC world map and I see more of an economic correlation than temperature

2/26/20 4:39am

Does the flu virus naturally taper in warmer climates and reemerge when it...

ordinary tri guy

2/25/20 8:46pm

Yes. Usually reaches its peak in the cold season in both hemispheres.

SweetBabyG

2/25/20 9:24pm

That was Trump who said that. Thailand, Taiwan, Iran all have outbreaks

ochobeeguy

2/25/20 8:53pm

Iran is fairly cold. Taiwan and Thailand only have 30-odd cases, despite proximity and number of travelers to China

Mike Honcho

2/25/20 8:55pm

That is what they are reporting.

tawillin

2/25/20 9:05pm

So you think they’re pulling a China and hiding numbers?

Mike Honcho

2/25/20 9:09pm

Yes., or they're just incompetent.

HuskerFan2

2/25/20 9:20pm

I was talking about Taiwan and Thailand specifically. As I said, Iran has a winter

Mike Honcho

2/25/20 9:32pm

Whew.

Zaphod

2/25/20 9:09pm

Another perk to living in Az

permiso

2/25/20 9:20pm

I said that was a possibility on here maybe a week ago.

SweetBabyG

2/25/20 9:31pm

It’s not so much the warm weather itself

I'mBatman

2/25/20 9:45pm

That's a huge factor, but I think there are maybe half a dozen reasons

SweetBabyG

2/25/20 10:01pm

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