Does behavior mediate the effect of weather on SARS-CoV-2 transmission? Evidence from cell-phone data.

Elise N GroverAndrea G BuchwaldDebashis GhoshElizabeth J Carlton

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

Our findings do not support the hypothesis that weather impacted SARS-CoV-2 transmission via changes in mobility patterns during the first year of the pandemic. Rather, weather appears to have impacted SARS-CoV-2 transmission primarily via mechanisms other than human movement. We recommend further analysis of this phenomenon to determine whether these findings generalize to current SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics and other seasonal respiratory pathogens.

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