Climate & BCG: Effects on COVID-19 DeathGrowth Rates
Finlay, C.; Bassett, B. A.
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Multiple studies have suggested the spread of COVID-19 is affected by factors such as climate, BCG vaccinations, pollution and blood type. We perform a joint study of these factors using the death growth rates of 40 regions worldwide with both machine learning and Bayesian methods. We find weak, non-significant (< 3{sigma}) evidence for temperature and relative humidity as factors in the spread of COVID-19 but little or no evidence for BCG vaccination prevalence or PM2.5 pollution. The only variable detected at a statistically significant level (>3{sigma}) is the rate of positive COVID-19 tests, with higher positive rates correlating with higher daily growth of deaths.
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