While the role played by air pollution and meteorological conditions on SARS-Cov-2 transmission is still subject of a scientific controversy, we have extended our analysis on this association by studying the impact of particulate on the beginning of the second wave in Emilia-Romagna (Italy), in the period October-November 2020. Again, we found many clues in favour of this hypothesis, with new results that shed a particular light on the time varying effect of the particulate on the virus spread. Specifically, we found a strong magnitude of correlation between the PM10 particulate and CoViD-19 infections, peaking at 6–7th day lags for contagions, while this magnitude drops to a medium level value with 9–11th day lags. This is of special interest, if we consider that the specialized literature suggests a median CoViD-19 incubation period of almost 6 days before that infected people display symptoms.
Roccetti M., Velasco K.A., Casini L. (2022). The Influence of Atmospheric Particulate on the Second Wave of CoViD-19 Pandemic in Emilia-Romagna (Italy): Some Empirical Findings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH [10.1007/978-3-030-85540-6_125].
The Influence of Atmospheric Particulate on the Second Wave of CoViD-19 Pandemic in Emilia-Romagna (Italy): Some Empirical Findings
Roccetti M.
;Casini L.
2022
Abstract
While the role played by air pollution and meteorological conditions on SARS-Cov-2 transmission is still subject of a scientific controversy, we have extended our analysis on this association by studying the impact of particulate on the beginning of the second wave in Emilia-Romagna (Italy), in the period October-November 2020. Again, we found many clues in favour of this hypothesis, with new results that shed a particular light on the time varying effect of the particulate on the virus spread. Specifically, we found a strong magnitude of correlation between the PM10 particulate and CoViD-19 infections, peaking at 6–7th day lags for contagions, while this magnitude drops to a medium level value with 9–11th day lags. This is of special interest, if we consider that the specialized literature suggests a median CoViD-19 incubation period of almost 6 days before that infected people display symptoms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
