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Originally Posted by mlewis78
It is very warm in Florida. South Florida is around 90 degrees for past few weeks. They have a lot of COVID-19 and deaths as well. Why weren't they spared during 90 degree weather?
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You have to remember that symptomatic persons getting tested may have been infected up to 14 days before they became symptomatic and a lot of people who came to Florida to party may have brought the virus with them from cooler climes, spread it around (droplet spread, contact spread) and gone back home before they showed any symptoms. And in Florida, air conditioned hotel rooms, restaurants, etc are more likely to have the temp set at 60F than 100F.
Also the people dying from covid-19 May have contracted the virus 2-4 weeks before they die. What was the temp then?
I’m pretty sure there were lots of spring breakers sharing hotel rooms with multiple friends. And parents sharing one room with a couple of kids. So definitely no distancing. Colds and flu spread more easily in the winter, not just because those viruses recycle then, but because it is colder and people spend more time inside together so more chance for direct spread by droplet and contact. So crowding -inside or outside- is always conducive to spread of disease.