COVID 19 - Will warmer weather make a difference?

COVID 19 - Will warmer weather make a difference?

Like similar viruses, this virus will probably not be quite as serious over the hottest days of the summer.  The virus tends to die when in the direct sun, though no studies have said under what conditions.  During lab experiments, sunlight does very well against the virus but outside, with changing humidities, shade, and directness of sun, it is hard to say.

Any laundry hung out to dry in the sun, any time of the year, especially the face covering cloths, will be helped to be sanitary.

So far since the beginning of the pandemic was announced in March, there have been serious outbreaks of the COVID 19 in south Florida and New Orleans, some of the warmest sites in the United States.  It has also been bad in equatorial Congo in Africa and some other warm weather sites around the globe.  It appears summer's drop off, common with other viruses, will not be that significant world-wide.  The more important factor could be the success of people staying home now.  Social separation works.  If people get lax as they did during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, there will be a huge return of the virus and the number of deaths could skyrocket next winter.

Update: Reopening restaurants, businesses closed down, and manufacturing plants too soon can also cause a spike.  As of this writing, Texas, which opened up economically two weeks ago is experiencing a serious spike in hospitalizations and deaths.

(Disclaimer: I am not a trained medical person, just an observer and reporter.  Doctors and other scientists will give more accurate information as they have a chance.)