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The Weather Sensitivity of the Coronavirus: Good News in the Long-Term?

Will the coronavirus decline as summer approaches?   

What is its sensitivity to temperature, humidity, solar radiation and other factors?............

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THE WEATHER WAS STORMY 209 YEARS AGO.

The ship Tonquin out of New York City sights the mouth of the Columbia River on March 22, 1811.

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".....Commanded by Captain Jonathan Thorn  (1779-1811), a 32-year-old lieutenant on leave from the U. S. Navy, the Tonqin was 94 feet long with a burden of 269 tons, and was known as a “first-rate ship” (Ronda, 94). She had departed New York harbor in September 1810, and from the beginning, her voyage was marked with dissension between the captain and several of his Pacific Fur Company passengers, who included clerks, workmen, and voyageurs, as well as three senior partners of the enterprise: Duncan McDougall (178?-1818), Alexander McKay (ca. 1770-1811), and David Stuart (1765-1853). After a stop in the Hawaiian Islands to take on fresh water, livestock, and extra crew, the  Tonquin endured three weeks of stormy weather crossing the North Pacific.......READ MORE HERE OF THE DANGEROUS COLUMBIA RIVER BAR 

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