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There are too many other confounding factors.  Third after New York and New Jersey in terms of per capital deaths is Louisiana.  Oregon has a lower per capita death rate than California.  New Mexico has a higher per capita death rate than Alaska.  There may or may not be a weather effect, but it is swamped out by things like: how interconnected is an area with the rest of the world, how long has the virus been circulating, what is the population density, and what measures have been put in place to stem the tide.

Case in point, Brazil has a higher per capita death rate (6/million) than South Korea (4/million) and about the same as toasty Poland.

Here's a WSJ article on whether warmer temperatures make a difference:

https://apple.news/AnWEPWZ1LS72oHyB0xmGFpg

TL;DR: Maybe

BC

[BostonCard]

There are too many other confounding factors.  Third after New York and New Jersey in terms of per capital deaths is Louisiana.  Oregon has a lower per capita death rate than California.  New Mexico has a higher per capita death rate than Alaska.  There may or may not be a weather effect, but it is swamped out by things like: how interconnected is an area with the rest of the world, how long has the virus been circulating, what is the population density, and what measures have been put in place to stem the tide.

Case in point, Brazil has a higher per capita death rate (6/million) than South Korea (4/million) and about the same as toasty Poland.

Here's a WSJ article on whether warmer temperatures make a difference:

https://apple.news/AnWEPWZ1LS72oHyB0xmGFpg

TL;DR: Maybe

BC