Coronavirus: There is Hope for an end - The Month of May
With the advent of COVID-19, the world is under a strict lock down
with no foreseeable escape. From a common Joe’s perspective, the world seems to
be approaching a true dystopia. Contrary to this belief, with the help of statistics,
the reign of the Coronavirus can be predicted to end soon.
In a previous statistical comparison, a correlation between Temperature and median age of a country was brought out tied to the number of incident cases:
More than 75% of the cases occur in regions from temperatures
ranging from 5°C to 15 °C with a median age lying
between 35 – 50 years. Countries like China, Italy and the US – in particular
New York- are found within this region. This, in turn, elucidates the
impression that Cases are likely to emerge in countries with these conditions
in mind.
When we look at China’s cases in march from using the database
published by https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/,
it is clear that the number of cases are coming to a stagnant position.
The question which arises is why? Why is it not increasing
exponentially? Why is the virus not going viral? The answer is simple: The mean
temperature.
When we look at Wuhan China, as Wuhan’s temperature approaches
the “Death zone” of 5°C
to 15 °C, the number of
cases sky rocket to a gargantuan proportion. However, as we enter the month of April,
with temperature exceeding the “Death zone” the number of cases start leveling
out.
-Advaith Ravishankar
References:
For the number of cases: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
For temperature data: https://en.climate-data.org/
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