April 29, 2020 / By Madeline Farber | Fox News
A top immunologist based in Nashville, Tenn., warned this week that it is unlikely that summer heat will stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, urging the public to instead continue to heed officials’ advice on best health practices as the epidemic continues in the United States.
“Some of us are counting on the warm, humid Nashville summer to control the virus — please keep in mind that while the virus was being transmitted here in our winter, other parts of the world it’s actually summer, and temperatures are hot and conditions are humid, and the virus is doing just fine,” said Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth, an immunologist, during Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s daily COVID-19 update on Tuesday. 
“So by all means, it seems to me that we should not count on the summer controlling the virus for us,” he added.
When the novel virus first gained a footing in the U.S., some of the country’s top scientists and researchers questioned if the coronavirus would die out as the weather warmed.