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Old 02-01-2021, 20:33   #2367
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
This stupidity knows no bounds, does it?

Earlier last year there was a good deal of speculation that Covid would die down with the summer months,
None of it credible as it already has a presence in the Southern Hemisphere.

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as SARS did and as conventional flu does. I recognised quite early on that hot countries were also having to contend with an exponential spread of the damn thing and amended my view on that basis.
Alas, there was no straw left to clutch at.

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Whilst the virus did indeed subside in the UK this summer, I am not entirely convinced that Covid is in any way seasonal. I think that was coincidental with the impact of the lockdown.
It also subsided in lockdown, but I have yet to see you advocate that idea.
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