These Ecuador numbers also highlight the problem with the papers & stats that claim warm weather hinders it by pointing to the low number of confirmed cases in the global south. The global south just doesn& #39;t have the testing capacity & is massively undercounting. https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1249023880351690752">https://twitter.com/matthewst...

Here& #39;s an example of the data malpractice Matt& #39;s highlighting in this thread. This paper attempts to draw a heat/cases connection without acknowledging serious geographic disparities in testing and counting. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1242487150601547778">https://twitter.com/jonst0kes...