It's not alleged or hinted at. The huge concern amongst all health professionals is a second wave in the fall/winter that overlaps flu season. It's one of the seasons MLB has refused to extend the regular season past September, and the reason many colleges are already saying Thanksgiving will be the end of the fall semesters. That said, part of the 2nd wave theory is based on the idea that it would die down in the summer before resurging when the weather gets cooler and people go back to school. What we're seeing blows all of that up, so who knows what will actually happen.
Side question, because I'm actually unsure, why are we expecting the 2nd wave? Is it a spike in cases, if so, why, because it lives longer in cold weather? Are we confident this virus operates that way (better in the cold)? Or is the fear simply flu + Covid = no ICU space.
I think the assumption was warm weather would kill it temporarily and also looking at past pandemics. The 1918 Spanish Flu has been a guide through all of this because I think it had similar spread and started around the same time. This is what that one looked like - with that first little blip being the "first wave". Europe and Asia may (or may not) be following that pattern, but we certainly aren't.
First it was flatten the curve. Now its cant catch it. The handful of people who it has affected that are young pale in comparison to the overwhelming data we already have. Viruses happen. People get sick. Thats the way life works. Everyone risks their lives everyday being around other people. This has gotten way out of hand. Fear mongering manipulation and control. I feel so bad for the business owners that were denied opportunities to make a living while govt continues on getting paid. Abbot really dissapointed me this week. Cowering down to the fear crowd.
I guess the healthcare experts of the whole world are conspiring to crush the business owners. Make sense.
The WHO doesnt officially accept or use the term second wave. The reason it was expected to come in waves is Because the virus can survive like 3 days outside in cold weather but only a few hours in hot summer weather (37+) All coronaviruses prefer the cold. And secondly the scientists believed that because summer = more outdoor activities and less staying indoors in poorly ventilated spaces it will slow the spread. Ofc the second part has proven to be bogus since summer means for many also huge beach parties, bbqs etc We have to take into account that the science of such pandemics and prevention has made more strides in the 6 months of this year than probably the last 6 decades combined. Most of our data amd manuals in the beggining of the year was like 100 years old.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news...28-20-intl/h_9ac9385948404c6fa2b88cfd06665caf First NBA player to test positive for coronavirus still not fully recovered months after diagnosis
Never thought to as this, but why did the NBA pick Orlando as its site? If there was really a desire to be in a bubble, why not pick the biggest city in somewhere like Montana or Wyoming or something, to play ball in?
They didn't think Florida would have this kind of exponential growth in infection at the time being. Disney World had the best infrastructure to host multiple teams, hotels etc.
This Orlando bubble is far from perfect, you still have a lot of staff workers from hotels, resorts and restaurants who would still need to leave the bubble to go home on a daily basis...or am I missing something here?
Because Montana and Wyoming don't have the infrastructure to host many hundreds of people and multiple NBA games at a time. Orlando has a giant, empty Disneyworld to use.
