Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan and New Mexico have become the first US states to shut all K-12 schools over coronavirus concerns
Will warmer weather help fight the coronavirus? Singapore and Australia suggest maybe notVisitors wearing masks walk through the Merlion Park in Singapore on January 26. Ore Huiying/Getty Imagesbegan spreading around the world this year, one common refrain from skeptics was that it was just like the flu -- dangerous to sensitive groups but routine and not something to get into lockdown over.
We now know that assessment is wrong. At its lowest estimated fatality rate based on current data, Covid-19 is, compared to around 0.1% for winter influenza, and it appears to be about as infectious as the flu, if not more so. There is one area in which experts hope the virus will still behave like influenza, however, by tapering off in spring., and behavioral differences in winter can also have an effect.
Nelson Michael, a leading US military medical researcher, predicted the coronavirus may behave like the flu and give us"less trouble as the weather warms up," but, he cautioned, it could come back when the weather gets cold again.More than 100 cases have been confirmed in Singapore, where it's hot and muggy pretty much year round. Australia, Brazil and Argentina, all currently in the middle of summer, have also reported dozens of cases.
"We are not dealing with a virus like influenza that behaves predictably every year," said Debra Chew, an assistant professor of medicine at Rutgers.New Jersey Medical School.
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