Associations between meteorology and COVID-19 in early studies: Inconsistencies, uncertainties, and recommendations.

ABSTRACT: Meteorological variables, such as the ambient temperature and humidity, play a well-established role in the seasonal transmission of respiratory viruses and influenza in temperate climates. Since the onset of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a growing body of literature has attempted to characterize the sensitivity of COVID-19 to meteorological factors and thus understand how changes in the weather and seasonality may impede COVID-19 transmission. Here we select a subset of this literature, summarize the diversity in these studies' scopes and methodologies, and show the lack of consensus in their conclusions on the roles of temperature, humidity, and other meteorological factors on COVID-19 transmission dynamics. We discuss how several aspects of studies' methodologi

SUBMITTER: Kerr GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871781 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature