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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ClimaTea Journal Club on Zoom 
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SUMMARY:ClimaTea Journal Club on Zoom 
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong>Speaker:</strong> Professor Peter Huybers</p><p>	<strong>Peter </strong><span>will be leading a discussion of  <strong><em>"The role of absolute humidity on transmission rates of the COVID-19 outbreak"</em></strong> by Luo et al. (2020) </span><a data-fid="3832590" href="/file_url/627">attached</a><span>.  </span></p><p>	<strong>Abstract:</strong> <span>A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and has caused over 40,000 cases worldwide to date. Previous studies have supported an epidemiological hypothesis that cold and dry (low absolute humidity) environments facilitate the survival and spread of droplet-mediated viral diseases, and warm and humid (high absolute humidity) environments see attenuated viral transmission (i.e., influenza). However, the role of absolute humidity in transmission of COVID-19 has not yet been established. Here, we examine province-level variability of the basic reproductive numbers of COVID-19 across China and find that changes in weather alone (i.e., increase of temperature and humidity as spring and sum- mer months arrive in the North Hemisphere) will not necessarily lead to de- clines in COVID-19 case counts without the implementation of extensive public health interventions. </span></p>
LOCATION:Virtual 
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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