@gummibear737 Gummi here is a wild thought and takes weather / climate to a whole new level; Gulf Stream gyres. I really don’t know what to think of it, but the data and graphs fits very well. Notice interior of Spain also strangely affected more. (References + graphs in second tweet) Thought?
@gummibear737 qeios.com/read/ME7VKG Here is the article. Again, although bizarre to me, should never discount ideas out of the conventional wisdom thinking box 📦. 2/
@gummibear737 Here is another article talking about effect of wind 💨 on COVID-19 transmission, with coastal areas less affected: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
@gummibear737 Here is a map of Spain 🇪🇸 next to other graphs
@gummibear737 #1 important concept in Infection Control in preventing viral resp infection: Air Change per Hour ACH (how many times air changes in a room /hr) It dilutes air making Viral Load less. That’s what Negative Pressure room meant to do; change ACH at 6-12/hr. Is this related? 🤷‍♂️
@gummibear737 Here is a study showing that natural ventilation is even better than negative pressure rooms to decrease the spread of airborne infections: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… Are we connecting the dots or hallucinating? 🤷🏼
@gummibear737 This is the first time a hypothesis is made connecting possible role of wind 💨 affecting C19 spread + death, and providing physiological explanation of why certain coastal areas are less affected, linking wind ➡️natural ventilation ➡️ACH➡️less viral load➡️less spread + illness

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1 Sep
Many are trying to explain the declining mortality rate, esp in the 2nd wave of countries like Spain 🇪🇸 , France 🇫🇷 and Italy 🇮🇹. Some suggested Memory T-cells from prior infections. The most logical explanation is weather / Climate / Summer. Here are some thoughts with ref. 1/
The Drop in COVID-19 deaths must be at least partially related to weather. Early on, many suspected a role for climate contributing to overall impact of COVID-19 pandemic, but continued spread around the world in May & June, even in warmer and humid countries, dampened that hope
Here are thoughts on why I think it’s real and playing out as we speak:
3 days ago during my daily review of cases/, I saw an unusual drop in most countries around the world. First I thought it was a fluke, but the trend continued. This is on the backdrop of a falling CFR
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11 Aug
@JamesTodaroMD Sorry but have to disagree with this argument. Nothing more important than how many people unnecessarily died from COVID-19:
Sweden: 5770 deaths (571 deaths /million)
Norway: 256 deaths (47 deaths /million)
Finland: 334 deaths (60 deaths /m)
Denmark: 621 deaths (107 deaths /m)
@JamesTodaroMD Benefits of delaying spread:
1. Part of flattening the curve and reducing healthcare burden, thus reducing mortality
2. Allows time to understand the disease and figure out what treatments work
3. Buys time to prepare the healthcare system with PPEs, Ventilators, etc
@JamesTodaroMD 4. Possibly finding a safe & effective vaccine (To be sure I am not advocating vaccines rushed by big pharma at warp speed without adequate research)
5. Avoiding peak with concomitant Influenza peak in March and April
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