The Premier League Thread

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I think this is the last Premier League weekend for a few with fans present in the stadiums.

Although the research says unusually that you are more likely to catch it from the supermarket etc, it does seem to make sense to stop 30,000+ people traveling from all over the country on public transport, going to pubs/restaurants etc and then staying together close in a stadium for a couple of hours.
 
Why does our common cold transmit with ease in the cold months, yet Covid19 does well in humid temps? What makes that difference?
A person's immune system tends to be at an ebb the colder they are below the ideal for them. So the very robust Common Cold virus tends to get us there. However, humidity aids the transmission of viruses, so they can get us in that way too. For example, everyone has experienced a "Summer" cold too. I don't know how robust the Covid-19 virus is, but obviously there are better and worse conditions for it to thrive or not.
Aside from the obvious, if unavoidable, lack of a vaccine, what pisses me off quite a lot about this one is that the incubation period before it erupts in the individual could be as long as 24 days, according to present knowledge. Which means a lot of people could be infected as they unknowingly still go about their everyday business, and infecting others at the same time.
 
Don't get me wrong, these past few games have been amusing. I'd just rather it was against the likes of Wolves and Sheff Utd who Liverpool were stumbling against.