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Wounded Bear

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8. Which is basically what "herd immunity" looks like...

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:55 PM

Jun 2020

for all those urging us to go that route. Basically, it is just sacrificing all the most vulnerable to the disease so that the others can soldier on. Sweden did a modified version by not agressively implementing SIP and their death rate is a bit higher than most of the rest of Europe.

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Just had drinks with a neighbor who knows Anthony Fauci quite well. [View all] LAS14 Jun 2020 OP

i think it's when you hit milestones like 25 replies, 50 replies..... pnwest Jun 2020 #1

Swine flu was also a version of H1N1, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2

I would add that this variant of the Spanish flu has killed 72,000 people over the past 10 years n/t AntiFascist Jun 2020 #17

It killed 20-50 million people. Blue_true Jun 2020 #3

Which is basically what "herd immunity" looks like... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #8

Good point. Blue_true Jun 2020 #9

That's not what Disaffected Jun 2020 #12

Not sure what you are referring to... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #24

See my edit to the OP. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #18

Interesting. As far as old posts go, just post a link inside your new post: seems easiest. nt Hekate Jun 2020 #4

If the op has dropped beyond that forums page 30, it won't be bumped uppityperson Jun 2020 #5

Actually, the 1918 strain may not have finished its disappearing act until 1925 (2008 story) nitpicker Jun 2020 #6

So what did the virologist have to say to your question? cwydro Jun 2020 #7

He said they don't know. It's a lingering mystery and he wonders why... LAS14 Jun 2020 #14

Odd. I don't know how a virus just disappears. backscatter712 Jun 2020 #10

They are both strains of the H1N1 influenza Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #20

K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Jun 2020 #11

Went away with first radio phone. safeinOhio Jun 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author LAS14 Jun 2020 #15

Edited my OP with this. LAS14 Jun 2020 #16

It is the nature of influenza to cycle. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #19

You like pondering that one, try the Russian flu (old style) Igel Jun 2020 #21

Coronaviruses have been around since the 1960s. Initech Jun 2020 #22

The 1918 pandemic virus mutated to milder forms. roamer65 Jun 2020 #23

I mentioned this theory to my friend and he said that was not the case. It just disappeared. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #25

I don't know who your friend is, or why should I believe whatever he says. LisaL Jun 2020 #27

For a significant part of his life he ran the aids section of the NIH. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #30

It didn't just disappear. roamer65 Jun 2020 #29

How does that mean it didn't disappear? nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #31

3 years isn't just disappearing. roamer65 Jun 2020 #32

After 3 years it just disappeared. That's the puzzle. Viruses don't usually do that. LAS14 Jun 2020 #33

So Sylvia Browne might have been right? ecstatic Jun 2020 #26

Well, she was a psychic after all. LisaL Jun 2020 #28

People were not as geographically mobile 100 years ago Azathoth Jun 2020 #34