silversand wrote:
....I wish that were the case, however, of the 12 top countries in the World with the highest case-per-100,000 number as of this morning, 7 of the 12 are tropical or sub-tropical (this includes Aruba, Andora, San Marino, Bahrain and three others).
Andora and San Marino are mountainous and not tropical.
Bahrain is a different case. I spent a lot of time in Kuwait (similar weather), basically their summer is like a northern winter. You don't go outside unless you have to and then only for as short of a time as you can get away with. If winter increase in spread is higher because people concentrating inside, Bahrain is just now coming out of their peak period. Qatar is also on that top 12 list and similar situation.
Other than Aruba and French Polynesia, I'm not seeing tropical locations heavily represented in the top 12.
Most of the countries in the top 12 are very small which tends to lead to wider variation in per capita numbers. This is particularly true of islands where dumb luck of getting or not getting cases early on, is likely the real reason for how many overall cases they have now. If they didn't get cases early on, they could implement rules and very effectively police incoming travelers to keep it out.
All else being equal, there is still support that warmer locations will do better. The problem is things are never equal and other factors can overwhelm the weather impacts.