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Originally Posted by ckissick

Back to the 2nd wave issue. Something puzzles me. The experts have lately been saying they don't think the warm weather this summer will have the beneficial effect of slowing down the spread of the disease. This is made evident by the fact that southern hemisphere and tropical countries have been impacted similarly to northern hemisphere countries. Wouldn't this greatly reduce the likelihood of a 2nd wave? It should just keep chugging along regardless of climate.

That makes sense. In previous flu pandemics, the reason for the waves was probably greatly due to the fact that 1, the flu thrives in a cold dry environment and 2 while there has always been global travel, it has never been as cheap and accessible as it is these days.

So, if CV19 doesn't care if it's cold and dry or hot and wet, then it shouldn't surge in particular times or climates. Although, with global travel what it is in these times (when travel isn't locked down) that shouldn't matter much since it's almost always cold and dry somewhere, and folks are probably always going to/from those spots to other spots.