btw weather normally does not affect the transmission of a virus. It does impact our habits, which can increase or decrease the chance of an infection depending on the properties of the virus.
Can we just admit this is "endemic" at this point and treat it as the flu. This is not a planet killer... 3 years in I think we kinda know what we're dealing with.
Don't mix up the definition of endemic and pandemic (or epidemic.)
- endemic refers to where something is found (I mean it could be a squid or a species of duck instead of a virus)
- epidemic and pandemic refer to the scope of out of control infections by a virus or bacteria. They have nothing to do with the word endemic.
Saying a virus is endemic simply means it is becoming part of our ecosystem. It may remain there for 1, 10, or possibly millions of years. During that time, it could become an extinction event. At the moment, with the immature state of virology, shear dumb luck is all that prevents that.