Open AccessSunspot Maximum of 2025-a Foreboding of the Next Influenza Pandemic?
Author(s) -
N. C. Wickramasinghe,
Maximiliano C. L. Rocca
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infectious diseases and case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-8861
DOI - 10.47363/jidscr/2021(2)131
Subject(s) - sunspot , pandemic , spacecraft , stratosphere , space weather , sunspot number , influenza pandemic , covid-19 , climatology , meteorology , pandemic influenza , action (physics) , virology , geography , medicine , solar cycle , astronomy , geology , disease , physics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , quantum mechanics , pathology , magnetic field , solar wind
The majority of the pandemic influenza events of the last 450 years have occurred during periods of sunspot maxima. A review of this record suggests that there is a high probability that would have the next major influenza pandemic involving a new subtype of the virus ocurring during the next sunspot maximum (cycle 25) which is expected to occur during the years 2025 and 2026. We suggest strongly that preparatory action begins now, with a close monitoring of viral ingress into the stratosphere, as well as space weather monitoring using spacecraft resources