Could warm weather help mitigate the spread of novel coronavirus and help end it?

You may have heard a pesky little rumor that the COVID-19 pandemic might die down in spring/summer, since the spread of other types of coronavirus tends to peak between December and March. But, again, “it’s hard to know which way this virus will go,” says Sandra Kesh, MD, an infectious disease specialist and deputy medical director at Westmed Medical Group in Purchase, New York's. At this point, experts simply don't know enough about how COVID-19 spreads, and how shifting weather and temperatures may or may not affect it, according to the center for disease control and prevention (CDC)

Annotherreality is that changing seasons tend to have *less* of an impact on new viruses, says Dr. Kesh, so you can still get sick outside of the typical winter season. And, remember: This is global, so it’s always winter somewhere. As such, the situation could potentially improve in one hemisphere when summer arrives and simultaneously get worse in another because, yep, it’s winter there, explains Dr. Younus.

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