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NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 11:44 AM Jan 2013

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Was just pondering today - big flu outbreak, effects of changing climate - bingo!

Just a brief Google search found this study from 2010

The Effects of Weather and Climate on the Seasonality
of Inﬂuenza: What We Know and What We Need
to Know

http://www.sercc.com/FuhrmannGeogCompassFlu.pdf

So this connection is being looked at....it just seemed to make sense that if climates get warmer, it could impact how people interact, where they interact...what I wasn't sure about is impact on the virus itself.

I didn't read through it all, but thought it was an interesting connection to ponder.

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Was just pondering today - big flu outbreak, effects of changing climate - bingo! (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 OP

Seems like a nice hard freeze libodem Jan 2013 #1

as a gardener, that's what got me thinking - disease issues are in the increase due to NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #2

The article libodem Jan 2013 #3

??? it is a pdf - is that what you mean? NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #4

That is what I mean libodem Jan 2013 #5

libodem

(19,288 posts)

1. Seems like a nice hard freeze

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:01 PM

Jan 2013

Kills regular pests. Wonder if warm weather will help the germs around the planet? Now to read the article.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

2. as a gardener, that's what got me thinking - disease issues are in the increase due to

Reply to libodem (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:02 PM

Jan 2013

less freezes/warmer weather, higher humidity. Diseases as in fungal, biological, and viral.

libodem

(19,288 posts)

3. The article

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 03:19 PM

Jan 2013

Is a down load.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

4. ??? it is a pdf - is that what you mean?

Reply to libodem (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 03:20 PM

Jan 2013

libodem

(19,288 posts)

5. That is what I mean

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 03:22 PM

Jan 2013

I'm on a phone that is aleady crammed with data.

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