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Stardust

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31. More information about the 1918 Flu...

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 09:56 PM

Dec 2020

There’s an interesting documentary on YouTube —Deadliest Plague of the 20th Century: Spanish Flu Of 1918

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Can A Virus Mutate Itself Out Of Existence?... [View all] global1 Dec 2020 OP

I wish Trump would! Tanuki Dec 2020 #1

It would be nice if Covid AND Trump family did this. nt redwitch Dec 2020 #2

Sorta...it can weaken into something that our bodies can easily fight off, like a cold or mild flu LeftInTX Dec 2020 #3

I'm figuring that's what the 1918 flu did... just mutated to the point that our immune system mitch96 Dec 2020 #21

One of the contemporary seasonal flu varients BarackTheVote Dec 2020 #26

What's the evolutionary benefit in killing your host? The Blue Flower Dec 2020 #4

A virus only multiplies... Hugin Dec 2020 #8

Interesting Question - What Happens To Covid-19 When A Person.... global1 Dec 2020 #9

I've always wondered that about rabies. Nt raccoon Dec 2020 #11

Viruses often have a reservoir host mrs_p Dec 2020 #15

I guess the question would be, Why did the 1918 Spanish Flu 3Hotdogs Dec 2020 #5

I watched the CNN show about the 1918 Flu and it seemed to suggest that panader0 Dec 2020 #10

It's still around to this day BarackTheVote Dec 2020 #27

More information about the 1918 Flu... Stardust Dec 2020 #31

Theoretically, yes. Hugin Dec 2020 #6

I know it's science but... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2020 #7

my non-scientific thought... handmade34 Dec 2020 #12

Mutations are random... Hugin Dec 2020 #14

But it's important to note that BarackTheVote Dec 2020 #28

Umm Sgent Dec 2020 #34

"mutation usually happens in order to survive, not to self-destruct " mitch96 Dec 2020 #23

Yes. It happens all the time. mrs_p Dec 2020 #13

A mutated virus that isn't as lethal as its pregenator exboyfil Dec 2020 #16

Also, as with the flu, if the less lethal virus can mutate fairly often, LuvNewcastle Dec 2020 #19

I don't think it can mutate itself out of existence. kirkuchiyo Dec 2020 #17

Only if it's limited to a host species that dies out nuxvomica Dec 2020 #18

The host species need not die out completely. Just become sparse enough to reduce R0 to less than 1. Klaralven Dec 2020 #24

Good point and a reminder how masking and distancing work nuxvomica Dec 2020 #29

Spanish flu did beachbumbob Dec 2020 #20

The 1918 flu disappeared and they had to Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #22

a virus is not so much a single thing quaker bill Dec 2020 #25

My advice: if you want the real answer seek out verified experts in their field. BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #30

A lot of information on the Web is skewed. Better for the person to ask his or her Doctor, Blue_true Dec 2020 #33

I believe there have been cases where it has gone both ways. Blue_true Dec 2020 #32

Laurie Garrett wrote an excellent book, The Coming Plague, which provides a large amount of usajumpedtheshark Dec 2020 #35

I'd be more worried about the bioweapon research that's going on now ansible Dec 2020 #36