At the onset of the corona virus outbreak, it was expected
that its spread would decrease as the weather warmed up.
Although there has been no significant reduction in the
incidence of coronavirus disease in the summer, the link between the weather
and the disease is still the focus of scientists.
That is why it has been said for some time that the number
of cases of Covid 19 may increase significantly with winter.
The fact is that the relationship between weather and Covid
19 is quite complex, as temperature has affected the coronavirus's lifespan on
various objects, but human behavior also helps the virus to spread from one
person to another.
In this regard, a new study has shed some light on the role
of seasons in the spread of Covid 19 and said that whether it is summer or
cold, the role of weather in the prevention or spread of this disease is not.
Is equal to
The University of Texas study concludes that whether it is
hot or cold outside the walls, the transition from one person to another in Covid
19 is almost entirely dependent on human behavior.
The study, published in the international journal Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health, found that while the effects of the
weather are small, other factors, such as climate change, are, in fact, one of
the most important. ۔
Research has defined weather as "proportional
temperature" that combines humidity and heat.
Experts then analyzed that this value contributed to the
spread of the corona virus from March to July 2020 in various countries,
including the United States.
The researchers also investigated the relationship between
the spread of the corona virus and human behavior, using mobile phone data.
The study examined human behavior in a general way and did
not attempt to link it to the weather.
The results showed that the weather had no effect on the
spread of the disease, with less than 3% of cases reported.
In contrast, human behavior and individual behavior are
prominent in the spread of Covid 19, which accounted for 34% and 26% of cases,
respectively.
The other two main factors are population and urban density,
which account for 23% and 13%, respectively.
"We don't think the weather and the environment are at
the root of the problem, in fact we should take personal precautions, and take
care of other factors," the researchers said.
He said the findings on the link between the corona virus
and the weather were based on in-house research reports, but the new study
called for an analysis of how the disease spread to human communities.
"When you do research in a laboratory, it's a
controlled environment and it can't be applied to society," he said.
The researchers said that one of the important lessons of
the corona virus epidemic is to analyze this phenomenon at the human level,
that is, the level at which people live their daily lives. This research is an
example of this concept.
"The claim about the Covid is that it will change
everything. Before that, we were looking at the weather and the environment to
see how it affected humans. Now we've reversed that and Look at the effects
that humans themselves have had.
