Mentioned this yesterday, but the conversation around the effect that temperature has on COVID-19 is strange. There& #39;s a lot of stuff where the headlines say be "nope, no effect" but you read the details and they seem to say there probably is some effect. #6">https://www.nap.edu/read/25771/chapter/1 #6">https://www.nap.edu/read/2577...

I& #39;m sympathetic to what& #39;s happening here. Scientists don& #39;t want people to treat temperature as a cure-all. Also, there& #39;s a lot of uncertainty/disagreement in the studies. And it doesn& #39;t seem like any suggest that temperature will stop the spread (reduce R to <1) all on its own.

But while I think it& #39;s good to think about how laypeople will interpret scientific or statistical evidence, some of the takeaways that seem crafted for public consumption seem too far removed what the underlying studies say. I& #39;m not in love with it.