My Account
Sign up, and you can make all message times appear in your timezone.
Sign up
Report problem with this ad
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Feb 25, 2020
9:45
:14
pm
I'mBatman
All-American
It’s not so much the warm weather itself
It’s the fact that people cluster together more inside in the winter because it’s cold outside. It’s the same reason the annual flu season generally abates by the end of March,
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Report problem with this ad
I'mBatman
Bio page
I'mBatman
Joined
Jan 27, 2006
Last login
Apr 26, 2024
Total posts
33,768 (173 FO)
Report problem with this ad
Messages
Author
Time
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
Cheesy Gordita
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
Report problem with this ad
Posting on CougarBoard
In order to post, you will need to either
sign up
or
log in
.
Report problem with this ad