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Don’t Blame The Covid Surge On Cold Weather


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Established science says that respiratory viruses including Covid spread faster when the air is cold and dry.  Using mathematical modeling, Princeton University environmentalists conclude that our behaviors have a greater impact than climate on dangerous CoVid transmission.

 

Using data from New York, at least two-thirds of the impetus for a wintertime CoVid surge comes from inadequate NPI, non-pharmaceutical interventions.  These are social distancing, mask wearing, and surface decontamination.  One-sixth is affected by immunity, and only one-sixth is due to climate and weather.

 

Help all of us get through this winter alive and well by masking up, standing apart, and washing well.  Get the CoVid jab as soon as possible.

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-20991-1

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37481-y

 

#winter #climate #pandemic #npi #mask #distancing #washing #vaccine

 

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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM