[bitreality]

The disease has spread in places like Singapore and Thailand, which are warmer in February than most Northern Hemisphere cities are in summer. The notion that everything will just die down come Spring is blindingly optimistic.

[dredmorbius]

Despite WHO-Philippines's warning that transmission in tropical/subtropical regions is possible, on February 7, the country only reports 3 cases. All resolved: 1 death, 2 recovered.

https://twitter.com/WHOPhilippines/status/122595608284710912...

Mortality from Wikipedia: https://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–20_coronavirus_outbreak Upstream source: https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus...

[ValentineC]

> The disease has spread in places like Singapore and Thailand, which are warmer in February than most Northern Hemisphere cities are in summer.

Most Singapore buildings and its public transport system are fully A/C.

[saiya-jin]

How do those place fare with regular flu? Parents optimism comes from the notion that in colder climates, there is almost no flu during warm months.

[senordevnyc]

Influenza is a totally different virus though. That said, other corona viruses do tend to display seasonality but experts are uncertain about this latest one:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/what-happ...