Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Is there any data on COVID-19 propagation in warmer climates?
Yes. look at Singapore or the Gulf region experience.
Originally Posted by
lebowski2222
There doesn't seem to be as many cases in the really warm climates. Places like Hawaii, Arizona, Caribbean have really low numbers
Nonsense. If warm climates offered protection we would not see the incidence that we do in Singapore or the Gulf states.
The Caribbean has not been testing. US data is UNRELIABLE because the USA has not been testing in significant numbers.The US testing rate was approximately.
5 tests per million and should be 6-8 per million by tomorrow. In contrast, South Korea is nearing 4,000 tests per million. You can't control an illness unless you contain it and testing is the vital requirement.
Here's a more drastic illustration; British Columbia Canada population 5 million had tested more patients at the end of last month than the entire USA population 327 million had tested.
Infection rates are low if you do not look for infections or test. That's what happened in Thailand. It had an open door policy for months encouraging visitors from China at the peak of the Chinese epidemic. And yet, during that time, no infections in Thailand were reported.
Another example is that of the increasing number of infections imported into Canada from sun destinations like the Dominican republic, Hawaii, Egypt etc. As people return from March break we will see a large increase.
If the USA ever starts testing in large numbers as it should, we will see tens of thousands of infections in a matter of days. Infected people are circulating in the USA because of a failure to test and to educate.
3,692 tests per million people.