WEDNESDAY. PAUL KWIAT IS
HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW THE
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 MAY CHANGE
IN THE UPCOMING SUMMER MONTHS.
TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING THE
POTENTIAL SEASONALITY OF
CORONAVIRUS. THIS SHORT
COMBINES RESULTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS 3 WEEKS TO GIVE A
PLAUSIBILITY ARGUMENT WHY THE
VIRUS MAY BE LESSENED IN THE
SUMMER. THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES
COVID-19 IS THOUGHT TO SPREAD
MAINLY FROM PERSON TO PERSON,
MAINLY THROUGH RESPIRATORY
DROPLETS PRODUCED WHEN AN
INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR
SNEEZES. THESE DROPLETS CAN
LAND IN THE MOUTHS OR NOSES OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE NEARBY OR
POSSIBLY BE INHALED INTO THE
LUNGS. SPREAD IS MORE LIKELY
WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER
(WITHIN ABOUT 6 FEET).
COVID-19 SEEMS TO BE SPREADING
EASILY AND SUSTAINABLY IN THE
COMMUNITY "COMMUNITY SPREA")
IN MANY AFFECTED GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS. COMMUNITY SPREAD MEANS
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH
THE VIRUS IN AN AREA,
INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE NOT
SURE HOW OR WHERE THEY BECAME
INFECTED.
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