Misconceptions about weather and seasonality must not misguide COVID-19 response.

Nat Commun

Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) Lab, Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.

Published: August 2020

Weather may marginally affect COVID-19 dynamics, but misconceptions about the way that climate and weather drive exposure and transmission have adversely shaped risk perceptions for both policymakers and citizens. Future scientific work on this politically-fraught topic needs a more careful approach.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7452887PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18150-zDOI Listing

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