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The ME in MERS stands for Middle East, since outbreaks of it are always from camels. Such places are some of the hottest on the planet. MERS is another form of coronavirus.

It is foolhardy to think spring and summer weather will save us.




It's a related but different virus. Also, the environment in the Middle East tends to be arid.


MERS evolved to spread in camels, SARS evolved to spread in bats. Their preferred climate would obviously be different.




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