claim: climate affects global patterns of covid-19 early outbreak dynamics
evidence_1: we showed that during the earliest phase of the global outbreak (january-march), covid-19 growth rates were non-linearly related to climate, with fastest spread in regions with a mean temperature of ca.", "there is a strong relationship between local climate and covid-19 growth rates, suggesting the possibility of seasonal variation in the spatial pattern of outbreaks, with temperate regions of the southern hemisphere becoming at particular risk of severe outbreaks during the austral autumn-winter.", 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "we show that showed that during the earliest phase of the global outbreak (january-march), covid-19 growth rates were non-linearly related to climate, and in the most polluted regions.")